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Canada investigates alleged ‘threats’ against Air India after Sikh boycott call

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The Canadian transport minister said the government took threats to aviation ‘extremely seriously’. Photograph: Régis Duvignau/Reuters

Canadian officials and the Royal Canadian Mounted police are investigating alleged “threats” against Air India after a separatist leader warned Sikhs against flying with the airline on 19 November.

The US-based activist Gurpatwant Singh Pannun posted a video last week in which he called for a boycott of India’s flagship carrier.

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