Khalistanis’ Fearless Act: Posters Urging Killing of Indian Diplomats Outside Canadian Gurdwara

The posters were put up after the Sikh separatist leader who was involved with the Khalistan movement, Najjar, was killed by unidentified men on June 18 this year.

Posters were up against Indian diplomats and missions.

On 23rd September, a clip from Global News Canada went viral on social media where the poster calling for Indian diplomats’ assassination was being removed from outside the Gurdwara in Canada’s Surrey. Several such posters were up in different places in Canada following the deaths of several Khalistani terrorists, like Hardeep Singh Nijjar. Before Canadian Prime Minister Justine Trudeau, had already blamed India for the killing of Najjar, those posters were put up accusing three Indian diplomats of the murder and calling for their assassination. The poster placed outside the Gurudwara had the photos and names of the heads of three Indian missions in Canada – Ottawa-based Indian High Commissioner Sanjay Kumar Verma, Consul General of India in Toronto Apoorva Srivastava, and Consul General of India Vancouver Manish. While the posters have been removed from one side, some are still up on the other side of the gurdwara’s main gate. India has always raised concerns with Canada regarding the unchecked anti-India activities, that encompass attacks on Hindus or Indians who do not support the Khalistan movement, and assaults on Indian temples and missions.

The U.S. government said they were completely unaware.

Meanwhile, it was reported from ‘The New York Times’  that the United States was completely unaware of the plot to kill Hardeep Singh Nijjar or any evidence that was linked to India until Nijjar was killed by two individuals. The report indicated that the US shared intelligence with Canada only after Nijjar’s death, but intercepted communications by Ottawa were more conclusive and led to the accusations against  India for masterminding the plot. After Nijjar’s death, America officially informed their Canadian counterparts that they had no information about the plot and that they would have immediately notified Ottawa if they had any update, by the intelligence agencies’ “duty to warn” doctrine.