New Delhi, June 06: Former chief of Punjab Police, K P S Gill credited with firmly putting down militancy in Punjab, today termed the Akal Takht's decision to grant "martyr" status to Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale as an attempt to revive the movement for Khalistan at the behest of ISI. "The attempt is to revive the Khalistani movement. The ISI is heading that attempt. They are trying to get all foreign Sikh groups to come under the banner of Pak Gurudwara Committee," Gill told a TV channel. "This should not be seen in isolation but as a part of a series of events happening in Delhi and around the world," he said. Pointing to the role of religious bodies in fanning militancy, he said: "As far as the SGPC and Akal Takht are concerned, this religious issue is stirred up by the Akalis every time they are out of power". "And then it so happens that they are unable to control it. It gets beyond them. It happened in 1984 and if they don't learn from experience, this sort of thing will go out of hand," Gill said. Recalling the years when militancy struck Punjab, he said: "I did point out to the cabinet secretary in the 70's that what is happening in Punjab was fraught with grave consequences. It was rejected as alarmist." "I get the same feeling now," he said and warned the Akalis are "playing a dangerous game and they must stop". Bureau Report