Khalistani activist Gurpatwant Singh Pannun has issued a threat against comedian Kapil Sharma, asking him to either wrap up operations of his cafe in Canada or speak up against India.
Pannun threatened
Kapil Sharma saying his cafe was a “symbol of Modi’s violent Hindutva ideology”, which he said had been responsible for the killing of Khalistani activist Hardeep Singh Nijjar.
“Wrap up or speak up,” pro-Khalistan group, Sikhs for Justice (SFJ), told Sharma.
Sharma owns Kaps Cafe in Canada’s Surrey, at which shots were fired earlier on Thursday following which alleged gangsters Goldy Dhillon and Kulvir Sidhu (Nepali) affiliated with the Lawrence Bishnoi gang claimed responsibility. Dhillon is said to be a close aide of Pannun, who is the leader of SFJ.
Pannun said Sharma and his Kaps Café have both become symbols of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s violent Hindutva ideology – “the same ideology responsible for the assassination of Shaheed Hardeep Singh Nijjar”, he said.
He said this is a loyalty test – “Canada or India”. “Kapil Sharma must now decide his loyalty – Carney’s Canada or Modi’s India. If Kaps Café wants to continue operating in Surrey and claims loyalty to the Canadian Constitution, then Kapil Sharma must stand by Canadian values of freedom, justice, and sovereignty, and issue an official statement exposing the Modi government’s role in the assassination of Shaheed Nijjar,” Pannun said.
The SFJ said the Khalistan Referendum is a testament that it stands by the ballot and not bullet, but Modi’s India continues to “export bullets and assassins to silence the voice of Punjab’s freedom”.
“Pro-Khalistan Sikhs will continue to expose every front of Modi’s violent Hindutva ideology, including Kaps Café, that seeks to spread and operate on Canadian soil,” the group said.
This was the third time that Sharma’s restaurant was targeted since it opened in July. The Surrey Police Service (SPS) is investigating the matter, CityNews Vancouver reported.
The staff were inside the cafe, but no one was injured. The restaurant reopened early this month after it was targeted on July 10 and August 7.
On August 7, shots were fired at the restaurant early in the morning, but no one was injured. The firing caused damage to the windows and the building.
The restaurant opened in Surrey, British Columbia, on July 4. Within a week of its inauguration, it was the target of an attack. There were no injuries to anyone at the restaurant after shots were fired for the first time on July 10.
(With agency inputs)
