Sikh activist says he received new RCMP ‘duty to warn’ of threat to life

A prominent Canadian Sikh activist says he received a new “duty to warn” notification from the RCMP this week informing him of a credible threat to his life, which he calls proof that transnational repression by India of the pro-Khalistan movement is ongoing. Gurpatwant Singh Pannun, a dual Canadian-U.S. citizen and lawyer with the New York-based group Sikhs for Justice, added he also received a similar threat notification from the FBI earlier this month.“(The RCMP) stated that since I’m a Canadian citizen … this is our duty to give you a warning that there is exactly the same thing as what the FBI stated, that there’s a credible threat to your life,” Pannun said in an interview Wednesday.He said the RCMP would not divulge who was behind the threat or the motivation behind it.“They stated since this threat is credible and imminent, it is still under investigation,” he said. Story continues below advertisement Pannun added that several other pro-Khalistan activists have also recently received “duty to warn” notifications from Canadian law enforcement. He said those names were included in a so-called “kill list” of over 100 Canadians who Pannun alleges are under surveillance by India...