Himalaya Harbinger, Rudrapur Bureau
The principal organizer of the so-called Khalistan referendum in Canada has been arrested and charged in connection with the violent attack on a Hindu temple in the Greater Toronto Area (GTA) last Sunday.
In a release on Saturday, Peel Regional Police (PRP) announced that 35-year-old Inderjeet Gosal, a resident of Brampton, was arrested and charged on Friday with Assault with a Weapon. He was released under conditions and is to appear at the Ontario Court of Justice in Brampton at a later date, the release stated.
Gosal was arrested on November 8, following a demonstration at the Hindu Sabha temple, where Khalistani extremists attacked Hindu-Canadian devotees.
The demonstration, which took place on The Gore Road, escalated into physical violence, with individuals using flags and sticks as weapons. Police began investigating several offences, many captured on video, and are continuing to analyse footage to identify other suspects.
Gosal was released on conditions and is scheduled to appear in court at a later date. The police have formed a Strategic Investigative Team to continue looking into the incidents from November 3 and 4. They said that these investigations take time and arrests are made as individuals are identified.
Who is Inderjeet Gosal
Gosal is considered to be Sikhs for Justice (SFJ) general counsel Gurpatwant Pannun’s lieutenant. He replaced Hardeep Singh Nijjar as the referendum’s main Canadian organizer after the latter was killed in Surrey, British Columbia, on June 18 of last year. Nijjar’s murder led to a breakdown in the relationship between New Delhi and Ottawa after Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau stated in the House of Commons three months later that there were “credible allegations” of a potential link between Indian agents and the killing. India had described those allegations as “absurd” and “motivated.”
