Prominent Sikh separatist says FBI has warned him of new threat on his life
NEW YORK (AP) — A prominent Sikh separatist said Tuesday that the FBI and the Royal Canadian Mounted Police have warned him that he faces a new credible threat to his life even as a man from India faces sentencing later this year…
New York (AP) — Gurpatwant Singh Pannun, a prominent Sikh separatist and general counsel for Sikhs For Justice, disclosed on Tuesday that the FBI and Royal Canadian Mounted Police have cautioned him of an impending threat to his life. This follows a man from India, Nikhil Gupta, who faces sentencing next month for a 2023 plot to assassinate Pannun.
These agencies notified Pannun under the "Duty to Warn" law, which requires U.S. intelligence and law enforcement to alert people when they come across credible and specific threats of murder, severe bodily harm, or kidnapping. The new threat emerges as Gupta awaits his Nov. 20 sentencing in Manhattan federal court for his role in the plot, which involved directing a hitman to carry out the killing.
Gupta's actions were part of an unwitting communication with an undercover law enforcement officer posing as a hitman. Pannun, a dual U.S.-Canadian citizen, remains unfazed and undeterred by the attempts to silence him.
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