Canadian authorities have arrested Inderjit Singh Gosal, a 36-year-old organiser for the banned Sikhs for Justice (SFJ) group and a close aide to India-designated terrorist Gurpatwant Singh Pannun, on multiple firearms-related charges.
According to court documents obtained by Global News, Gosal has been charged with a dozen offences, including careless use of a handgun and possession of unlicensed firearms.
It is reported that Ontario Provincial Police officers arrested him in Whitby, Ontario, on Friday. He appeared in court in Oshawa on Monday alongside Arman Singh, 23, of Toronto, and Jagdeep Singh, 41, a resident of New York.
The arrest comes just days after India’s National Security Adviser Ajit Doval met his Canadian counterpart Nathalie G. Drouin in New Delhi on 19 September 2025.
It was reported by The Australia Today that both sides agreed to strengthen cooperation on counter-terrorism and transnational crime.
Reports suggest Indian agencies had already supplied Ottawa with dossiers linking Gosal to Pannun, including evidence of financial transactions.
A Brampton resident, Gosal rose to prominence within the Khalistani extremist network after the June 2023 killing of Hardeep Singh Nijjar in Surrey, British Columbia.
It is reported that following Nijjar’s death, Gosal became a key SFJ Khalistan movement coordinator in Canada, organising rallies and providing personal security for Pannun.
Earlier, Gosal has tried to portray himself as a victim by claiming that he had received a stream of warnings from local police that his life is in imminent danger.
This is not Gosal’s first brush with Canadian authorities. In November 2024, he was arrested by Peel Regional Police for assault with a weapon after a violent clash at the Hindu Sabha Mandir in Brampton. The incident drew sharp condemnation from India, which labelled it “extremist violence.”
Gosal’s latest detention marks one of the strongest moves by Canadian authorities against SFJ, banned in India as a terrorist outfit in 2019. Pannun himself was designated a terrorist by New Delhi in 2020.
International experts say Gosal’s arrest could signal a new approach by Ottawa under Prime Minister Mark Carney as Canada seeks to repair strained relations with India and deal with Khalistan extremists.
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