India mounts pressure on UK to arrest Khalistanis for insulting Tricolour during October 2 protest at London embassy

Taking a serious view of the Khalistani protest outside the Indian High Commission in London October 2 wherein the Tricolour was insulted, India’s Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) has started mounting pressure on the UK government for the arrest of perpetrators, especially Gurcharan Singh and Paramjit Singh ‘Pamma’. The latter is on the most wanted list of the National Investigation Agency (NIA). Highly placed sources in the Indian High Commission told Firstpost that MEA has conveyed to the UK government that it must arrest these Khalistani extremists. The Indian High Commission in London is, in the meanwhile, following up with the UK counterparts, and looking into the legalities. Gurcharan Singh and Pamma, accompanied by a crowd, desecrated the Indian Tricolour while staging a protest outside India’s London High Commission on October 2 in the wake of the diplomatic row between New Delhi and Ottawa over the assassination of Hardeep Singh Nijjar, another Khalistani extremist, was gunned down in Canada early this year. According to well-placed sources in the Indian High Commission, the MEA has reached out to its UK counterparts to goad the police for identifying Khalistani supporters from several video footages of the protest and arrest them on charges of hate crime. Who is Gurcharan Singh? Among the accused, Gurcharan Singh, a prominent figure from Dal Khalsa, was seen desecrating the Indian flag spreading it on the footpath, stomping on it, and later pouring cow urine from a bottle. Singh further exacerbated the situation by challenging UK PM Rishi Sunak to drink the cow urine. He was later taken away by the London police as the protests unfolded. However, it remained unclear whether he was arrested or not. Singh, who has already been exposed for his links with Pakistan and China on several occasions, is also accused of executing an attack on the Indian High Commission on March 18, 2023. Singh and four others attacked an official of the Indian embassy, inflicting grievous injuries. The gang had disrespected the Tricolour even then. Singh’s list of hate crimes against India is a long one. Last year, he took part in a Webinar with officials of Tehreek-e-Kashmir UK who had filed petition with the prime minister, calling on the UK government to reject India’s invitation to the G20 meet. In the Webinar, he targeted Hindutva. In 2018, a sting carried out on Singh showed him saying that his outfit Dal Khalsa had an office in China and that he would support Beijing’s claim on Sikkim. “If China takes over Sikkim, then our job is done,” he was caught saying on camera. Stooge of Pakistan, China Photos on Dal Khalsa’s Facebook page suggest that the organisation was invited to take part in an event on Kashmir by the Pakistan High Commission. Singh is the protégé of Manmohan Singh Khalsa aka MSK, a Khalistan top boss who, before his death, openly enjoyed the support of Pakistan and ISI. MSK had to flee India because of his extremist views. He founded Dal Khalsa in Southall, London to keep peddling Khalistan ideology. Singh, who was the deputy in Dal Khalsa became leader of the organization after the former leader Jaswant Singh Thekedar was shot dead over internal politics. Thekedar had reportedly called Khalistan referendum, an ISI propaganda. He had also called out Pakistan for supplying drugs in Punjab and ruining an entire generation. Most recently, Singh was called out for his links with Paramjit Singh ‘Pamma’, who was also present with him during the October 2 protests. The latter is a declared terrorist and has been on NIA’s ‘most wanted’ list. He has been associated with Khalistan Tiger Force. During the protests, ‘Pamma’ too issued threats against India. Both, Singh and ‘Pamma’, have frequently hit headlines for their notorious actions and statements against India. The October 2 protests came just days after Indian High Commissioner to the UK, Vikram Doraiswami, was stopped by Khalistani extremists from entering a gurudwara in Scotland’s Glasgow.