Khalistani leader Pannun threatens to disrupt ICC World Cup final, Gujarat Police on alert: Report
World Cup final happening in Ahmedabad on Sunday, November 19. Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Australia's Deputy Prime Minister Richard Marles will attend the ICC Cricket World Cup final between India and Australia in Ahmedabad on Sunday, an official release said. According to the Times of India, Pannun said in the latest threat video, "Also, on 19th November, the global Sikh community is going to boycott Air India from Ahmedabad airport, Amritsar and Delhi.
Shut down these airports, (on) 19th November, boycott Air India." Pannun, the founder of the banned Khalistani outfit 'Sikhs for Justice', could also be seen talking about the 1984 anti-Sikh riots and the 2002 Gujarat riots, India Today reported. Following the threat video, the security at Ahmedabad, Delhi and Amritsar airports has been beefed up, the TOI report said. This was not the first time Pannun released a threat video.
Earlier in September, Pannun had urged Hindu-Canadians to leave Canada amid a diplomatic row between India and Canada over the killing of Khalistani terrorist Hardeep Singh Nijjar. In October too, he had released a video threatening passengers of Air India flights on November 19, the day the ICC World Cup final takes place. In November, Canada had said it takes any "threat" to aviation "extremely seriously" and is investigating online warnings.
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