Pro-Khalistan extremist chief Gurpatwant Singh Pannun reportedly warned Sikh folks to not fly by way of Air India on November 19. “Doing so can put your live in danger,” he could be heard saying in a purported video that went viral on social media on Saturday.

Livemint.com could not independently confirm the video.

Pannun is likely one of the founders of the US-based separatist group Sikhs for Justice (SFJ) and actively lobbies for a separate state for Sikhs, which they name Khalistan, within the US, Canada and the UK.

“We are asking Sikh people not to fly via Air India on November 19. There will be a global blockade. Air India won’t be allowed to operate. Don’t travel by Air India on November 19 or your life will be in danger,” Pannun mentioned within the one-minute-37-second video that was circulating on social media.

“It is the same day 19th November on which the final match of the World Terror Cup will be played,” he mentioned.

The Sikhs For Justice (SFJ) chief additionally mentioned Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International Airport will stay shut on November 19. He even proposed to alter the title of the airport.

“The name of this airport will be Shahid Beant Singh and Shahid Satwant Singh Khalistan airport when Punjab will be liberated,” he added.

This just isn’t the primary that SFJ chief Pannun issued a risk. In September, he urged Hindu-Canadians to go away Canada amid a diplomatic row over the killing of Khalistani chief Hardeep Singh Nijjar.

Pannun’s warning come within the wake of persisting tensions between India and Canada. The two international locations engaged in a diplomatic row in September after Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau alleged involvement of Indian brokers within the taking pictures of Hardeep Singh Nijjar, 45, in British Columbia in June.

However, India rejected the claims, saying, “The allegations of Government of India’s involvement in any act of violence in Canada are absurd and motivated.”

Canada is yet to provide any evidence to assist its declare of an Indian hand within the killing of Hardeep Nijjar.

Nijjar, a delegated terrorist in India, was killed outdoors a gurdwara in Canada’s Surrey on June 18.

In July 2020, Pannun was designated a terrorist by the Union residence ministry and two months later, the federal government ordered the attachment of his properties beneath Section 51A of the stringent Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act.

Pannun reportedly labored carefully with Nijjar, whose homicide has been on the centre of the diplomatic standoff between Ottawa and New Delhi.