Case filed against Khalistani supporter Pannun for threatening Haryana CM

A case has been registered against Khalistani supporter Gurpatwant Singh Pannun in Gurugram Cyber Police Station, for having threatened Haryana CM Manohar Lal Khattar from hoisting the tricolor on August 15 (Independence Day).

Gurugram (Haryana):A case has been registered against Pro-Khalistani supporter Gurpatwant Singh Pannun, the founder of 'Sikhs for Justice' in Gurugram Cyber Police Station for having threatened Haryana CM Manohar Lal Khattar. Pannun said that the Haryana CM will not be allowed to unfurl the national tricolour on August 15 and that the latter should confine himself to his residence.

Earlier, a similar threat was also issued to Himachal CM Jai Ram Thakur on Tuesday (August 3rd). The CMs were not called directly, but a warning message was sent, reports say. Similar calls were even made to some other journalists and Opposition leaders, it was threatened that BJP chief JP Nadda won't be allowed to hoist the national flag, Himachal CM Thakur said. Speaking on the occasion, the Leader of Opposition in Himachal Pradesh Mukesh Agnihotri had said that efforts should be made to extradite Pannun and other people behind these calls.

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The security has been tightened ahead of Independence Day for key politicians in Himachal Pradesh following threats from the pro-Khalistan outfit. Himachal Police had also booked Sikhs for Justice member Gurpatwant Singh Pannun for sedition and other charges, a day after he allegedly issued a threat that CM Jai Ram Thakur won’t be allowed to hoist the national flag, an official spokesperson said.

An FIR had also been registered under Sections 124 (sedition), 153-A (act prejudicial to maintenance of harmony), 120-B (criminal conspiracy), and 506 (intimidation) of the IPC, Section 13 of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967, and 66-C of the IT Act, the spokesperson had said. The pro-Khalistani outfit SFJ was banned by the Union government under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act for anti-India activities on July 10, 2019.