Khalistan separatist claims FBI, Canadian Police warned him about fresh threat to life

Khalistan separatist Gurpatwant Singh Pannun claimed on Tuesday that the United States’ Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Royal Canadian Mounted Police have warned him that he was facing a fresh credible threat to his life. The Globe and Mail reported this. Pannun, the general counsel of Sikhs for Justice and a dual US-Canada citizen, claimed that FBI agents visited him on August 20 and advised him not to travel until the threat was resolved. He was also told to inform the agency in case he planned to travel. Neither the FBI nor the Royal Canadian Mounted Police gave details about the alleged plot that was uncovered. Neither agency responded to messages from The Globe and Mail seeking comment. Pannun stated he was ‘not afraid’ of death threats but hoped governments in Washington DC and Ottawa would confront Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi regarding alleged threats to US and Canadian sovereignty. In February, an Indian man named Nikhil Gupta pleaded guilty to a plot to kill Pannun, purportedly on orders from an Indian government employee. The Indian government, which has designated Pannun as an individual terrorist under the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act, has not commented on Gupta’s guilty plea. Gupta is expected to be sentenced on November 20 by a federal court in Manhattan. Court documents identify Gupta’s handler as Vikash Yadav, who, according to US officials, had been employed by the government of India’s Cabinet Secretariat, which houses India’s foreign intelligence service, the Research and Analysis Wing. The indictment states Yadav reported to a ‘boss’ in the Indian government, though that person is not named in US court filings.