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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Dan Sabbagh Defence and security editor

British Sikhs concerned over lack of security advice after activist’s murder in Canada

A commemoration in London in June for the victims of Operation Blue Star, an Indian armed forces operation in 1984 to remove Sikh separatists from the Golden Temple.
A commemoration in London in June for the victims of Operation Blue Star, an Indian armed forces operation in 1984 to remove Sikh separatists from the Golden Temple. Photograph: Anadolu Agency/Getty Images

British Sikhs have been asked to write to their MPs in an effort to get Rishi Sunak and Suella Braverman to explain what steps police will take “to alert Sikh activists who may be under threat” after the murder of Hardeep Singh Nijjar in Canada.

The Sikh Federation is concerned that British officers have given no security advice to high-profile individuals or gurdwaras and the community, after Canada said last week that India was probably behind Nijjar’s murder in June.

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