Khalistani Outfit Threat: The US-based Khalistani outfits Sikhs for Justice (SFJ) has spoken a fresh threat versus the Indian diplomats, stating a ‘siege’ of the Indian Consulate in Vancouver. Notably, this threat has surfaced days without India and Canada initiative to normalise diplomatic relations between the country by announcing appointments of upper commissioners in respective country's capitals.
As per the reports, organisation has remoter plans to storm the embassy on Thursday and has appealed to Indo-Canadian citizens to postpone their routine visits to the embassy on that day. Reportedly, they have moreover released a poster, targeting India's new Upper Commissioner Dinesh Patnaik. The organization personal that the Indian embassy is spying and monitoring Khalistani activists in Canada.
Allegations made by Khalistani organization
"Two years ago, on September 18, 2023, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau told Parliament that an investigation was underway into the role of Indian teachers in the murder of Khalistani leader Hardeep Singh Nijjar," SFJ said in its statement.
Further SFJ so-called that Indian embassies protract to spy and monitor Khalistan Referendum activists. They requirement that the threat is so serious that the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) had to provide "witness protection" to Inderjit Singh Gosal, who took over the leadership of Khalistan Referendum without Nijjar's death.
Financial assistance from Canada
A recent internal Canadian government report undisputed that Khalistani militant organizations, such as the Babbar Khalsa International and the International Sikh Youth Federation, receive financial support from individuals and networks based in Canada. Both organizations are designated as terrorist organizations under the Canadian Criminal Code. The report moreover stated that these extremist groups now operate as small factions, not directly united with any larger organization, but urgently supporting Khalistan.
However, no official statement related to it has been made yet from the Indian Ministry of External Affairs or the Indian Embassy in Vancouver side.
