Two pro-Khalistan separatists warned of criminal threat by Canada police

Canada’s Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) has sent duty-to-warn letters to two pro-Khalistan separatists, Inderjeet Singh Gosal and Manjinder Singh, warning of a potential threat to their lives. The letters cite a possible criminal angle, stating the men may be at risk if they frequent locations linked to criminal lifestyles. The secessionist group Sikhs for Justice (SFJ) has blamed India for the threat, a charge the RCMP has not substantiated.

Gosal, who replaced the slain Hardeep Singh Nijjar as SFJ’s Canadian coordinator, linked the warning to the next phase of the so-called Khalistan Referendum scheduled for October 18 in Edmonton. The RCMP has given no details on the threat’s origin. Separately, in July, Canadian law enforcement said there was no evidence linking Indian officials to charges filed under the FBI-led ‘Operation Hard Ball’, which includes Nijjar’s killing. RCMP Deputy Commissioner Lisa Moreland stated firmly that nothing in the indictment connects the Indian government. The trial of four Indian nationals in the Nijjar case is set for January 2027.