Canada tightens Air India security after threat video by Khalistani extremist Gurpatwant Pannun circulates
Khalistani leader Pannun's Air India Threat: Delhi, Punjab airports bar visitors "We are asking the Sikh people not to fly via Air India. From November 19, there will be a global blockade. Air India won't be allowed to operate.
Sikh people, don't travel by Air India after November 19. Your life can be in danger," Pannun said in the video that is circulating on social media. Pannun claimed that Delhi's Indira Gandhi International (IGI) Airport would remain shut on November 19 and that its name would be changed.
He highlighted that this is the same day on which the final match of the ongoing Cricket World Cup will take place. Canada asked to boost security as Khalistani leader threatens Air India flight "It is the same day in November on which the final match of the World Terror Cup will be played," he said. "The name of this airport will be Shahid Beant Singh, Shahid Satwant Singh Khalistan airport when Punjab will be liberated," he added.
Pannun, who backs Khalistan ideology, called for a ‘Global blockade’ of the airline from Vancouver to London. Khalistan extremist in new threat video: 'Don't fly by Air India on November 19' In a statement on Thursday, the Sikh fundamentalist said, they "was calling for a boycott" of the airline and not issuing any threat. However, Canada’s Minister of Transport Pablo Rodriguez told the outlet the Globe and Mail, “Our government takes any threat to aviation extremely seriously.
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