FBI Warns Sikh Separatist Pannun Of New Threat To His Life
On Thursday, October 15, 2026, FBI agents visited Sikh separatist leader Gurpatwant Singh Pannun at his New York City home and warned him of an imminent threat to his life.[1]
Agents told Pannun the threat is connected to potential travel to Edmonton for an October 18 Sikhs for Justice non-binding referendum on Punjab independence.[1] Pannun said the FBI and the Royal Canadian Mounted Police also warned him of separate threats in August and September 2026.[1]
Pannun was the target of a foiled 2023 assassination plot, and Indian national Nikhil Gupta pled guilty in February 2026 and faces sentencing in November.[1] A July 2026 federal indictment in Los Angeles ties alleged Indian crime figure Gurjant Singh Bishnoi and associates to the June 2023 killing of Sikh separatist Hardeep Singh Nijjar in Surrey, British Columbia.[1]
The FBI did not publicly detail suspects or tactics behind the warning.[1]
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- On Thursday, October 15, 2026, FBI agents visited Gurpatwant Singh Pannun at his New York City home and warned him of an 'imminent threat' to his life.
- Agents told Pannun the threat is connected to potential travel to Edmonton, Canada, for an October 18 Sikhs for Justice non‑binding referendum on Punjab independence.
- Pannun was the target of a foiled 2023 assassination plot; Indian national Nikhil Gupta pled guilty in February 2026 and faces sentencing in November.
- Pannun says the FBI and Royal Canadian Mounted Police also warned him of separate threats in August and September 2026.
- A July 2026 federal indictment in Los Angeles ties alleged Indian crime figure Bishnoi and associates to the June 2023 assassination of Sikh separatist Hardeep Singh Nijjar in Surrey, British Columbia.
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