Sikhs for Justice (SFJ), a US-based Khalistani group, has threatened to “siege” the Indian Consulate in Vancouver, Canada, after New Delhi and Ottawa have resumed diplomatic ties. The separatist outfit introduced it might take over the consulate on Thursday, September 18, and urged Indians and Indo-Canadians to avoid the premises.The group additionally launched a poster with the picture of the new Indian excessive commissioner, Dinish Patnaik, displaying a goal on his face.The SFJ, in its assertion, referred to then Canadian PM Justin Trudeau’s assertion in the Canadian Parliament on 18 September 2023, when he stated that the alleged function of Indian brokers in the killing of NIA-designated terrorist Hardeep Singh Nijjar was underneath investigation.The separatist group claimed that “two years on, Indian Consulates continue to run a spy network and surveillance targeting Khalistan Referendum campaigners.”It additional claimed that the menace was “so grave” that the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) had to place Inderjeet Singh Gosal, who took over the Khalistan Referendum marketing campaign after Nijjar’s demise, underneath “witness protection.”SFJ stated its proposed “siege” of the Indian Consulate in Vancouver could be a approach to demand “accountability” for what it described as “espionage and intimidation on Canadian soil.”Earlier this month, a Canadian authorities report acknowledged the presence of Khalistani terror teams in the nation.India and Canada just lately named their new excessive commissioners after an understanding was reached between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Canadian counterpart Mark Carney throughout Modi’s go to to Canada for the G7 summit in June.Relations between the 2 nations had been tense since 2023, when Trudeau stated his authorities had “credible allegations” linking Indian brokers to the killing of Hardeep Singh Nijjar in Surrey, British Columbia.Nijjar was shot useless exterior a gurdwara on June 18, 2023. India rejected Trudeau’s claims, calling them “absurd” and “motivated,” and accused Canada of letting extremist and anti-India actions develop unchecked.
