SFJ plans to ‘question target’ Indian envoy to Canada

The secessionist group Sikhs for Justice or SFP has threatened to “target” India’s High Commissioner to Ottawa ahead of his first visit to Surrey since pro-Khalistan figure Hardeep Singh Nijjar was killed in that town in British Columbia on June 18 last year.

High Commissioner Sanjay Kumar Verma’s visit to the province of British Columbia includes stops in the capital Victoria, as well as Vancouver and Surrey. On Friday, he is scheduled to meet with Surrey’s Mayor Brenda Locke and also with the Surrey Board of Trade.

In an email, SFJ general counsel Gurpatwant Pannun said his group will “Question-Target” Verma on March 1. Pannun said, “India is responsible for orchestrating assassination of Shaheed Nijjar and Pro-Khalistan Sikhs will have an opportunity in Surrey to directly ‘Challenge-Target-Question'” the Indian High Commissioner. A protest is also being organised in Surrey then.

This is Verma’s first visit to BC since March last year. Responding to the SFJ message, he said, “The threat against me has been conveyed to the concerned Canadian authorities, who have assured me of my security.”

“As you are aware, SFJ is a banned organization under Unlawful Association Prevention Act of India. It continues its venomous efforts to derail otherwise rich Canada-India bilateral relations,” he said.

SFJ said it is “hiring lawyers to hold Indian diplomats accountable for orchestrating violence against pro-Khalistan Sikhs”.