Canada police probe video warning not to fly Air India
The Hindu
Canada’s federal police are investigating a warning in videos circulating online not to fly Air India starting November 19, the transportation minister said Thursday.
Canada's federal police are investigating a warning in videos circulating online not to fly Air India starting November 19, the transportation minister said Thursday.
"We take every threat seriously, especially when it concerns airlines," Transportation Minister Pablo Rodriguez told reporters in Ottawa.
The Royal Canadian Mounted Police, he added, "is doing an investigation."
The videos, posted online in the last week, feature Gurpatwant Singh Pannun, the general counsel for the US-based Sikhs for Justice, which advocates the creation of a separate Sikh state carved out of India.
He warns Sikhs in the video: "Don't fly Air India after November 19, your lives may be in danger."
He told Canadian media this was not a threat, but rather a call to boycott Indian businesses.
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