Sikh separatist leader Gurpatwant Singh Pannun says the FBI and the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) have warned him that he faces a new credible threat to his life. Pannun, who is described as general counsel for Sikhs For Justice, says FBI agents visited him last Thursday and told him not to travel until the threat is resolved. He also says that if he does travel, the FBI expects to be notified in advance.
The warning is reported alongside an ongoing legal case in the United States. One man from India is awaiting sentencing in Manhattan federal court for a 2023 plot described as targeting Pannun. The sources frame the new development as separate from, but connected in timing to, the earlier alleged assassination plot, with both outlets highlighting Pannun’s dual U.S.-Canadian citizenship.
While both reports focus on the same warning and the existence of a pending sentencing process related to an earlier plot, they provide limited additional detail about the nature of the new threat or the specific recommendations beyond avoiding travel.
