Canada’s fight with India puts spotlight on claims New Delhi is watching Sikhs around the world

Paramjeet Singh Pamma was attacked twice in the early hours of the morning in Birmingham , England , in 2022 .

He is the U.K. co-ordinator with Sikhs for Justice , an activist group that has been declared an unlawful association in India .

The explosive allegations by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and the Royal Canadian Mounted Police this week that Indian officials in Canada have engaged in criminal activity.

Pro-Khalistan Sikhs in Canada have been threatened for their political activities.

U.S. prosecutors filed an indictment against Nikhil Gupta , an Indian national who was allegedly recruited by “an Indian government agency employee” to assassinate Gurpatwant Singh Pannun , a lawyer who runs Sikhs for Justice from the United States .

Despite alleged similarities, the Indian government has taken a radically different approach to the allegations.

Indian government officials visited his parents’ home in Punjab and urged them to get their son to cease his anti-India activism.

Pamma , the Sikh activist from Birmingham , said he is aware of numerous cases in which people have been allegedly warned that their visa applications will be refused, their Overseas Citizen of India permits cancelled.