New Delhi [India], September 24 (HBTV): The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has filed an FIR against Gurpatwant Singh Pannun, legal advisor of the banned group Sikhs for Justice, for promoting Khalistan and offering INR 11 crore to stop the Prime Minister Narendra Modi from hoisting the national flag on Independence Day this year.
The FIR, registered on August 19, states that Pannun hosted a Meet the Press at the Lahore Press Club in Pakistan on August 10, 2025. During the event, he addressed journalists via a video link from Washington, US, focusing on rejecting India's sovereignty over Punjab and promoting Khalistan. He also unveiled a Delhi Banayga Khalistan map covering Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh and Delhi.
According to the FIR, ‘Pannun hosted the Meet the Press at Lahore Press Club, Pakistan on 10.08.2025, where he addressed the journalists through a video link from Washington, US, primarily focusing on the rejection of India's sovereignty over Punjab and the promotion of Khalistan. In his address, he has offered INR 11 crore to the Sikh soldiers who will stop the Prime Minister of India from hoisting the tricolour at Red Fort on 15 August, 2025. He also unveiled SFJ's new Delhi Banayga Khalistan referendum map which incorporates Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh and Delhi into envisioned Khalistan.’
Pannun was declared a designated ‘individual terrorist’ by the Ministry of Home Affairs in July 2020 and faces multiple cases in India on terror charges.
Meanwhile, on September 23, Canadian police arrested Khalistani terrorist Inderjeet Singh Gosal on firearms charges in Ontario, according to CBC, citing Reuters. Gosal is a member of Sikhs for Justice, an outfit banned in India and headed by Pannun. He was also a close associate of Hardeep Singh Nijjar, another Khalistani terrorist who was shot dead outside a gurdwara in British Columbia in June 2023.
(ANI)