Ontario: Khalistani separatist Inderjeet Singh Gosal, a proscribed terrorist, who was arrested in Canada recently, issued threats aimed at Indian National Security Adviser Ajit Dovan, immediately after his release on bail.
In a video, the close aide of terrorist Gurpatwant Singh Pannun, was seen walking out of the Ontario Central East Correctional Centre. Once outside the prison, Gosal declared that he’s now free and would support Pannun in his movement for so-called Khalistan.
“India, I’m out; to support Gurpatwant Singh Pannun, to organise the Khalistan referendum on November 23, 2025. Delhi banega Khalistan,” Gosal is heard saying in the purported video.
He was accompanied by Pannun, who heads the proscribed outfit Sikhs For Justice (SFJ).
“Ajit Doval, why don’t you come to Canada, America or any European country and try to arrest or do any extradition. Doval, I am waiting for you,” Pannun can be heard saying.
Pannun was recently charged by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) for challenging India’s sovereignty. This was after he offered a Rs 11 crore reward to anyone who could stop Prime Minister Narendra Modi from hoisting the Tricolour at Red Fort on Independence Day.
Gosal became the Canada organiser of the SFJ after the death of Hardeep Singh Nijjar in 2023. He was among three Khalistani terrorists arrested at a traffic stop in Ontario on September 19, alongside Jagdeep Singh from New York and Arman Singh from Toronto.
The three were charged with firearm offences and presented before the Ontario Court of Justice in Oshawa on Monday.
The charges against them included careless use of a firearm, possession of a weapon for a dangerous purpose and carrying a concealed weapon, among other offences, NDTV has quoted the Canadian police as saying.
The arrests were part of an ongoing investigation, and prison sentences were possible once they faced formal charges, the police had said. However, Gosal was granted bail on Thursday.
He was also arrested in November last year by Peel Regional Police over a violent altercation at the Hindu Sabha Mandir in Brampton, but was granted bail immediately.
