 India, in the 1995 era, alleged that Pakistan provided Sikh militants with shelter and support.The separatist movement was largely crushed in the mid-1990s.In 1999 it was reported that former KLF operative Manjinder Singh Issi, who took part in the Radu kidnapping, became disillusioned with KLF when he realized that its Pakistani supporters were more interested in disruptive violence in Punjab than Sikh autonomy.