One of three men approached by police says he was required to leave his home for the duration of the investigation because he has children
Moninder Singh, right, a spokesperson for the British Columbia Gurdwaras Council, prepares to speak to reporters outside the Guru Nanak Sikh Gurdwara Sahib in Surrey, B.C., on Sept. 18, where temple president Hardeep Singh Nijjar was gunned down in his vehicle while leaving the temple parking lot in June.At least three Sikh independence activists from B.C.
The RCMP did not respond to requests for comment about the warnings. Canadian Security Intelligence Service said it passes along information about threats to the A second man, Moninder Singh, is a spokesperson for the B.C. Gurdwara Council and past president of the Dasmesh Darbar Gurdwara Sahib. Mr. Singh, who was close friends with Mr. Nijjar, said in an interview with The Globe and Mail that police visited him in his Surrey home last July to warn him that they had credible evidence that his life was at risk. All four men were visited by police on the same July day.
Mr. Singh, who is also chief operating officer of the British Columbia Nurses’ Union, has long championed the creation of Khalistan. Two people told The Globe and Mail that Mr. Singh spoke with them about his interactions with police at the time, and confirmed his account: Gurvinder Singh Dhaliwal, an Abbotsford realtor, and Gurpreet Sahota, the editor-in-chief of CK News Group, a Punjabi weekly newspaper based in Surrey.
Mr. Toor, speaking through an interpreter whose translation was verified by The Globe, said he answered yes when formally asked by the RCMP if he wanted their help, but his request for a bulletproof vest and armoured car was denied.
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