The World Organization Sikh claims that several Sikhs leaders in Canada have received an opinion from the RCMP that their lives could be in imminent danger.
But WSO spokesperson, Balpreet Singh, said The western block Mercedes Stephenson that the national police forces shared little details on who was behind the threats – and little in terms of protection or aid.
“What is happening is that you are approached by the police and that they give you a piece of paper that says that your life is at an imminent risk of being targeted, that you could be killed,” said Singh in an interview.
“They take up this paper, then they ask you:” Well, where do you think this threat comes? ” And it’s really surreal to think that the police have approached you, and now they ask you: “Where do you think the threat comes?” You are not provided real supports. “”
Singh said that some had been invited to change their routines and think about spending time away from their families and friends, but were otherwise “left for their own devices”.
“It’s really a strange situation where you just don’t know where to go. And you know, people who had to leave their house, have to leave their family. And there is no end,” said Singh.
“Someone approached the police six months after receiving one of these (warnings) and he was told, well, there is no predictable end because it is a conflict of several decades. So we do not know when this threat will end.”
Global News reported earlier this month that the RCMP placed the former NDP chief Jagmeet Singh, under close security in late 2023 after the national police forces evaluated the life of the NDP chief then in imminent danger.
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Singh and his family were protected by armed police, including in a hospital in December 2023, when Singh’s wife gave birth. His senior executives have also been forced to incorporate stricter security plans for their chief’s public appearances.
The new revelations are involved as Prime Minister Mark Carney has tried to repair relations with India and Prime Minister Narendra Modi in order to diversify Canada’s commercial partnerships in the middle of the tumult with the Trump administration.
Canada’s relations with India – the fifth largest economy in the world – have been seriously tense since former Prime Minister Justin Trudeau publicly said that there was “credible” information connecting the Indian government to the assassination of Hardeep Singh Nijjar, a Sikh chief of British Columbia and activist Khalistan, who was killed on Canadian soil in 2023.
The Singh of the NDP has received a briefing top secret on the murder of Nijjar, and told journalists that there were “clear evidence” that the Indian government was involved – an affirmation of the Indian officials rejected as “absurd”. In the months that followed, Singh had to find himself targeted.
Citing anonymous sources, Global reported on June 12 that information on Singh movements, the family and the travel calendar were closely monitored by an agent suspected of links with the Gang Lawrence Bishnoi, a transnational crime union linked to murders, extensions and drug crimes.
The government of India has been accused of having used Bishnoi gang members to commit violence in Canada. Sources have said that the agent in question would also have been linked to the Indian government activities.
India has long accused Canada not to address Khalistanian activists, some of which from New Delhi consider the “extremists”, living and working in Canada. The Khalistan movement agitated for an independent Sikh State in the Punjab region in India.
Responding to criticism at Modi’s invitation to the G7 summit in Alberta last week, Carney noted that the Indian Prime Minister was invited to each G7 since 2018 and called for his bilateral meeting with Modi as a “first necessary step” to rebuild the relationship between Ottawa and New Delhi.
“I think that the meeting today was important, but I would describe it as fundamental … An agreement to provide the foundations necessary to start rebuilding the relationship, depending on mutual respect, sovereignty and confidence,” Carney told journalists last week.
Carney said he and Modi had an “open and open exchange”, which included discussions on issues such as the police and transnational repression. The recent federal survey on foreign interference has appointed India as the second most active player in this space, behind only the People’s Republic of China.
When he was asked how he described Carney’s invitation to Modi to join the world leaders of Alberta last week, Balpreet Singh with the WSO said: “The word that comes to mind is” betrayal “.
“We are not against dialogue, but it must be principles,” said Singh.
“But here it was a complete demonstration of appeasement … India has still not recognized any role in foreign interference or transnational oppression in Canada.”
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