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WATCH: Khalistani terrorist Gurpatwant Pannun again threatens India, warns of Hamas-like attack
Gurpatwant Singh Pannun is one of the founders of the separatist group Sikhs for Justice (SFJ) and has been running a campaign against India as well as motivating Sikh youngsters in his home state Punjab to join militancy

Gurpatwant Singh Pannun, head of the banned separatist group Sikhs for Justice (SFJ) operating from Canada, has again issued a threat to India, this time, warning the country with a Hamas-like attack if "India is going to keep occupying Punjab, there will be a reaction."In the video, Pannun can be heard saying, "(PM) Modi learn from the Palestine-Israel conflict. People under occupation from Punjab to Palestine will react and violence begets violence. If India is going to keep occupying Punjab, there will be a reaction."This threat from Pannun within a few days after he had warned of a terror attack during the ICC World Cup 2023 and blew up the Narendra Modi stadium in Gujarat's Ahmedabad. Gujarat Police had, last month, filed an FIR against Pannun.In September, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) confiscated the properties owned by Pannun in Chandigarh and Amritsar under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act.The probe agency has confiscated 46 kanal of agricultural land belonging to Pannu in the village in relation to a terror case registered in 2020.Who is Gurpatwant Singh Pannun? Gurpatwant Singh Pannun is one of the founders of the separatist group SFJ and has been running a campaign against India as well as motivating Sikh youngsters in his home state Punjab to join militancy.Also, Pannun has been actively lobbying for a separate state for Sikhs, which they call Khalistan, in the US, Canada and the UK.India's Home Ministry had, in July 2020, designated Pannun a terrorist and two months later, the government ordered the attachment of his properties under Section 51A of the stringent Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act.He has been a leading organiser of the so-called Khalistan Referendum, inviting Sikhs worldwide to vote on whether Punjab should become an independent nation based on religion.He also worked closely with Canada-based Khalistani terrorist Hardeep Singh Nijjar, whose murder has been at the centre of the diplomatic standoff between New Delhi and Ottawa.
First Published:Oct 10, 2023, 15:58:21 IST
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