A Sikh activist based in B.C. has been warned by the Surrey Police Service (SPS) that his life could be in danger, according to an advocacy group.<\/p>\n
Sikhs for Justice (SFJ) says Narinder Singh Randhawa, an organizer involved in the Khalistan independence campaign, has been issued a \u201cDuty to Warn\u201d because of an imminent threat to his life.<\/p>\n
According to the SFJ, the SPS says the warning was based on intelligence from the RCMP and multiple other law enforcement agencies.<\/p>\n
The activist first received the Duty to Warn notice by phone April 11, and it was then confirmed two days later, the group says.<\/p>\n
Randhawa has participated in demonstrations outside the Indian Consulate in Vancouver and has been active in organizing Khalistan Referendum-related events in B.C.<\/p>\n
The SFJ says the warning comes against a background of ongoing threats against Sikh activists in Canada who are involved with pro-Khalistan advocacy. Sikhs and the Canadian government have implicated the Indian government in the high-profile killing of Hardeep Singh Nijjar in June 2023, which the Indian government has denied.<\/p>\n
\u201cOn one hand, Canadian agencies are issuing Duty To Warn notices to Khalistan Referendum activists over imminent threats to their lives; and on the other hand, the government claims it cannot connect the dots,\u201d said Gurpatwant Singh Pannun, SFJ\u2019s lawyer.<\/p>\n
The SPS says it is unable to confirm the issuance of the warning or provide details.<\/p>\n
\u201cDuty to Warns are private and sensitive information involving operational police matters and, in many cases, active investigations, and we cannot confirm whether we issue a Duty to Warn, even if that person discloses that publicly,\u201d Staff Sgt. Lindsey Houghton told 1130 NewsRadio.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A Sikh activist based in B.C. has been warned by the Surrey Police Service (SPS) that his life…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":606800,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194299],"tags":[49,48,87674],"class_list":["post-606799","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-surrey","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-surrey"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/606799","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=606799"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/606799\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/606800"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=606799"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=606799"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=606799"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}