- Wednesday, February 26, 2025
By: Shubham Ghosh
A VIDEO surfacing on social media showing a fully masked man with a crossbow intending to “assassinate” Queen Elizabeth II to avenge the 1919 Jallianwala Bagh massacre in India has promoted the Scotland Yard to swing into action and launch a probe into the matter.
The man, who identified himself as a Sikh Indian, was arrested at the monarch’s Windsor Castle.
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The 19-year-old intruder, who identified himself as Jaswant Singh Chail, was held over mental health issues.
Scotland Yard officers were probing the video which was reportedly linked to the intruder.
The Metropolitan Police said the arrested suspect was held under the UK’s Mental Health Act after a mental health assessment and remained “in the care of medical professionals”.
“I’m sorry. I’m sorry for what I’ve done and what I will do. I will attempt to assassinate Elizabeth, Queen of the Royal Family,” the masked man is seen saying in the video.
“This is revenge for those who have 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,” he said.
The massacre took place at Jallianwala Bagh in Amritsar in the northern Indian state of Punjab during a festival in April 1919 when the British Indian army personnel under the command of colonel Reginald Dyer indiscriminately fired at an unarmed crowd staging pro-independence day demonstration, leaving several dead.
