Air India has received over 100 threats in the past few days. Among these threats, Khalistani terrorist Gurpatwant Singh Pannu is now threatening India and threatening to blow up aircraft.
Pannu said Air India flights could be attacked four decades after Sikh riots. Pannu has asked international passengers not to fly on Air India between November 1 and 19.
Pannu, the founder of Sikhs for Justice, continues to make provocative statements every day. India considers Pannu a terrorist for inciting people in the name of Khalistan. He is accused of promoting separatism and inciting Punjabi Sikh youth to take up arms.
In 2020, he was declared a terrorist under the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA). Since the Sikh Tehreek-i-Sharif shares the same ideology, it is also banned. At the same time, many YouTube channels that create and present SFJ content have also been banned. Pannu is now a fugitive, taking refuge in the United States and holding Canadian citizenship.
Gurpatwant Singh Pannu admits responsibility for terror incident in India. In April 2023, he issued a threat in a video over Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Assam. In June 2023, after the deaths of three other prominent Khalistan leaders within two months, Pannu went into hiding. He advocated the creation of an independent religious state called Khalistan in Punjab and several neighboring regions of India.
