Chandigarh: Khalistani terrorist Gurpatwant Singh Pannun on Tuesday claimed that FBI and Royal Canadian Mounted Police have warned him that he faces “a new credible threat to his life”.Pannun, general counsel for Sikhs For Justice, said he was warned by FBI agents who visited him last Thursday that he should not travel until the threat is resolved, and, if he does, the agency should be notified in advance of his plans, accoridng to Canadian media reports.Quoting him, a news report said the Royal Canadian Mounted Police warned him by telephone on Tuesday, though neither law enforcement agency gave any details about the plot that was uncovered.Pannun, a dual US-Canadian citizen, said he was warned according to the terms of a ‘Duty to Warn’ law in the United States that obligates US intelligence and law enforcement agencies to notify individuals when they discover credible and specific threats of murder, severe bodily harm or kidnapping.The report quoted him as saying that such advisories were issued by Canadian law enforcement officials to Hardeep Singh Nijjar, the ex-head of the Canadian chapter of Khalistan Referendum, in the weeks before he was assassinated on June 18, 2023 in Surrey, British Columbia.The news report said, “The new threat comes as Nikhil Gupta, a man from India who pleaded guilty to federal conspiracy charges in February, awaits a Nov 20 sentencing in Manhattan federal court for plotting in 2023 with others to assassinate Pannun.”Pannun told the media outlet that he was “unfazed and undaunted” by “the attempts to silence him”.
