U.S. authorities are reported to have indicted an individual, Nikhil Gupta, for plotting the assassination of Gurpatwant Singh Pannun, a prominent Sikh leader of the Khalistan movement. According to the indictment, Gupta was directed by an Indian government officer to pay $100,000 to a purported hitman to commit the murder. This comes close on the … Read more
In a bombshell announcement, U.S. prosecutors unsealed an indictment alleging an Indian government employee was behind a “murder-for-hire” plot targeting a Sikh separatist (and U.S. national) in New York City. The accusation follows the Canadian prime minister’s high-profile allegation that India’s government was involved in the June murder of a Sikh leader in Canada. Veteran … Read more
Advertisement The recent spat between the Indian and Canadian governments over the killing of Hardeep Singh Nijjar outside a Sikh temple in British Columbia in Canada on June 18 has put the activities of Khalistanis in the diaspora under the spotlight. Nijjar, a prominent Khalistani separatist living in Canada, was wanted in India for over … Read more
The Pulse | Diplomacy | South Asia India is a partner against China, but the rationale for countering China is precisely that Beijing engages in the sort of activities which the Canadian PM has accused India of undertaking. India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi, left, speaks with U.S. President Joe Biden, second left, and Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau after … Read more
Advertisement Canada-India relations have sunk to their lowest point in years as the two countries are swapping accusations and expelling each other’s diplomats over the killing of a Sikh separatist leader and Canadian national. Experts said it remains to be seen if the murder will create a lasting rift between the two U.S. allies, but … Read more
Advertisement After a month-long chase and a nationalist media frenzy, Amritpal Singh, a 29-year-old pro-Khalistan preacher and leader of Waris Punjab De, surrendered to police forces on April 23 in the northwestern Indian border state of Punjab. During the search for Singh, 353 Sikh youth were arrested, out of which only 10 had cases filed … Read more