Gurpatwant Singh Pannun, head of the banned separatist group Sikhs for Justice (SFJ) working from Canada, has once more issued a risk to India, saying that he’ll blow up an Air India flight on November 19.
In a video message that surfaced on Saturday, he urged Sikhs to not journey on by Air India flight on November 19 as it could put their lives in peril. Indira Gandhi Airport can be closed on that day, he stated.
Final month, Pannun issued a warning to India with a Hamas-like assault if “India is going to keep occupying Punjab, there will be a reaction.” Within the video launched final month, he stated “(PM) Modi discovered from the Palestine-Israel battle. Individuals below occupation from Punjab to Palestine will react and violence begets violence. If India goes to maintain occupying Punjab, there can be a response
In September, the Nationwide Investigation Company (NIA) confiscated the properties owned by Pannun in Chandigarh and Amritsar below the Illegal Actions (Prevention) Act.
The probe company has confiscated 46 kanals of agricultural land belonging to Pannu within the village in relation to a terror case registered in 2020.
Who’s Gurpatwant Singh Pannun?
Gurpatwant Singh Pannun is without doubt one of the founders of the separatist group SFJ and has been working a marketing campaign towards India in addition to motivating Sikh children in his house state Punjab to affix militancy.
Additionally, Pannun has been actively lobbying for a separate state for Sikhs, which they name Khalistan, within the US, Canada and the UK.
India’s Dwelling Ministry had, in July 2020, designated Pannun a terrorist and two months later, the federal government ordered the attachment of his properties below Part 51A of the stringent Illegal Actions (Prevention) Act.
He has been a number one organiser of the so-called Khalistan Referendum, inviting Sikhs worldwide to vote on whether or not Punjab ought to turn out to be an impartial nation primarily based on faith.
He additionally labored intently with Canada-based Khalistani terrorist Hardeep Singh Nijjar, whose homicide has been on the centre of the diplomatic standoff between New Delhi and Ottawa.