New Delhi. Founder of banned Sikhs for Justice (SFJ) Gurpatwant Singh Pannu has once again given a provocative statement against Indian diplomats in Canada. This time it has announced a cash reward of one lakh Canadian dollars for the ‘citizen arrest’ of Indian High Commissioner Sanjay Verma.
While announcing the ‘reward’, this radical Khalistani separatist accused Verma of ‘maliciously’ raising the specter of a terrorist threat to Air India.In fact, Pannu had recently released a video and warned not to travel by Air India flights during the ICC World Cup final to be held in Ahmedabad on 19 November.
Following the uproar over his video, the Canadian government and the Royal Canadian Mounted Police said they were investigating a possible terrorist threat.However, now Pannu has accused Verma of falsely accusing Air India of a terrorist threat to ‘divert attention’ from the investigation into the murder of Khalistani terrorist Hardeep Singh Nijjar.
He said, ‘With an aim to derail Canada’s investigation into the role of the Indian High Commission in Nijjar’s murder, Verma is spreading false propaganda by linking ‘Boycott Air India’ with ‘terrorist threat’ and criticizing Canadian Sikhs. They are working to spread hatred against.
