Ex BJP MLA Jitendra Singh Shunty Receives Death Threat From Khalistani Separatists

Padma Shri awardee Jitendra Singh Shunty and his son received death threats from Khalistani separatists.

After receiving the threats, Jitendra Singh Shunty filed a complaint with the police and has sought protection.

Shunty runs an organization named "Shaheed Bhagat Singh Seva Dal," which conducts various social activities including running funeral services and crematoriums.

The threats were received via a WhatsApp call where the caller warned of serious consequences if they did not stop speaking against Khalistan.

Jitendra Singh Shunty's son is a spokesperson for the BJP in Delhi and has been vocal against Khalistani terrorism.

In October 2023, restaurant, owned by Sikh from London, was attacked by pro-Khalistan radicals days after the Indian High Commission in London was vandalised by them. The restaurant owner, who is facing threats to his life after he recently posted a video on social media on the Khalistan movement and said Justin Trudeau is harbouring criminals for his vote bank, and these Khalistanis who he is protecting will one day carry out riots in Canada.

"These Khalistanis know only one thing - violence. They are doing the same criminal activities in Canada, UK, like they did while in India. They don't have any loyalty," said an anguished Harman Singh Kapoor.

He also criticised Trudeau for not providing proof after his explosive allegations of the "potential" involvement of Indian agents in the killing of Khalistani extremist Hardeep Singh Nijjar . "Trudeau is the first Prime Minister of the world to put allegation on other country without evidence," Harman said.

Harman and his family -- wife Khushi and two children -- have been allegedly attacked three times, repeatedly trolled on social media and intimidated by abusive calls. The couple's car was also vandalised.

The Sikh restaurant owner also appealed to people not to view all Sikhs as Khalistani supporters. "I want to appeal to the people of my India that not all Sikhs are Khalistani sympathisers," he said.

Tensions flared between India and Canada following Trudeau's explosive allegations of the "potential" involvement of Indian agents in the killing of Khalistani extremist Hardeep Singh Nijjar on his country's soil on June 18 in British Columbia. India had designated Nijjar as a terrorist in 2020.

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Friday said that the Canadian allegations with regard to the death of a Khalistani separatist was discussed during his meeting with the Secretary of State Tony Blinken a day earlier and noted that the two delegations came out "better informed" after the meeting.

"Yes, I did," Jaishankar said in response to a question during his appearance at the prestigious Hudson Institute think-tank when asked if the issue of Canadian allegations came up during his meeting with Blinken at the Foggy Bottom headquarters of the State Department.

India has rejected the allegations as "absurd" and "motivated" and expelled a senior Canadian diplomat in a tit-for-tat move to Ottawa's expulsion of an Indian official over the case.