The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has booked the banned United States-based outfit, Sikhs For Justice (SFJ), and its founder Gurpatwant Singh Pannun over a recent video clip threatening Air India with a global blockade from November 19 and warning Sikhs that flying with the airline “could put their lives in danger”.
Security forces in Canada, India, and certain other countries where Air India operates had also sounded a high alert and launched investigations following the threats issued by Pannun, said the agency on Monday.
The NIA has invoked several provisions of the Indian Penal Code and the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act against SFJ and Pannun, who was designated as an “individual terrorist” by the Ministry of Home Affairs on July 1, 2020. The outfit was banned on July 10, 2019.
