UK’s Scotland Yard probing Sikh man’s ‘plot’ to assassinate Queen Elizabeth II for Jallianwala Bagh

After a 19-year-old Indian Sikh was arrested on Christmas Day for trespassing into Windsor Castle, a video of him saying he needed to “assassinate the Queen” in “revenge for Jalianwala Bagh” has surfaced. Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II. (Photo: AP)Days after a teen was arrested for trespassing into the grounds of Windsor Castle the place Britain’s Queen Elizabeth is spending Christmas along with her household, a video of the 19-year-old saying he needed to “assassinate the Queen” in “revenge for Jalianwala Bagh” has surfaced.

After the video surfaced within the media, Scotland Yard swung into motion and launched a probe.TEEN POSTS VIDEO DECLARING BID TO ASSASSINATE QUEENThe video, shared on Snapshot and posted by The Sun, exhibits the person recognized as Jaswant Singh Chail. He is carrying a darkish hoodie and holding a crossbow. He addressed the digicam with a distorted voice whereas delivering the chilling message.“I’m sorry for what I’ve done and what I will do. I will attempt to assassinate Elizabeth, Queen of the Royal Family. This is revenge for those who died in the 1919 Jallianwala Bagh massacre. It is also revenge for those who have been killed, humiliated and discriminated on because of their race. I’m an Indian Sikh, a Sikh. My name was Jaswant Singh Chail, my name is Darth Jones,” the masked man is seen saying within the video.ARRESTED ON CHRISTMAS DAY FOR POSSESSING WEAPONThe 19-year-old from Southampton in southern England, was arrested on Christmas Day after he trespassed into the property and was held on suspicion of possession of an offensive weapon, police stated on Saturday.The Metropolitan Police stated the suspect has been sectioned below the Mental Health Act after being discovered within the citadel grounds.The Queen, Prince Charles and spouse Camilla are spending Christmas with the monarch at Windsor Castle in Berkshire, south-east England, after she took the choice to name off her conventional Christmas at Sandringham property in Norfolk amidst a surge in COVID-19 circumstances.(With enter from companies)Click right here for IndiaToday.in’s full protection of the coronavirus pandemic.