THE World Sikh Organization of Canada (WSO) on Thursday said it is appalled by shocking revelations reported by Global News that a suspected agent of the Government of India had former NDP leader and MP Jagmeet Singh under close surveillance while he served in office. The targeting by India posed a credible risk to Singh’s life and prompted a duty to warn and police protection. The suspected Indian agent was associated with the Lawrence Bishnoi gang, which the Indian government has been accused of using to commit violence in Canada.
The WSO said that these revelations follow a series of deeply troubling disclosures regarding India’s activities in Canada. On October 14, 2024, the RCMP publicly announced that Indian government agents were involved in at least three homicides in Canada as well as extortion and intimidation targeting Canadian Sikhs. That same day, Canada expelled the Indian High Commissioner and five other diplomats, identifying them as persons of interest in multiple criminal investigations.
Canada’s National Security Adviser Nathalie Drouin has revealed that India collected intelligence on Sikhs in Canada through diplomatic channels and proxies, then passed it to Indian authorities who worked with the Lawrence Bishnoi gang, a violent criminal network now linked to multiple targeted killings in Canada, including most recently the May 14, 2025 murder of a Sikh businessman in Mississauga.
Well over a dozen Sikhs in Canada have received duty to warn notices due to credible threats to their lives since 2023.
Also in October 2024, senior Canadian officials confirmed that India’s Home Minister, Amit Shah, personally ordered a campaign of violence and intelligence-gathering against Sikh activists in Canada. Shah is considered Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s right-hand man. The information was verified by Deputy Foreign Affairs Minister David Morrison, who confirmed Shah’s role to The Washington Post and Parliament’s national security committee, the WSO said.
The WSO noted that Prime Minister Mark Carney’s invitation to Modi to attend the upcoming G7 Summit in Kananaskis, Alberta, has caused widespread outrage within the Sikh community. The invitation has been extended without any assurances that India will cooperate with ongoing Canadian criminal investigations or halt its operations targeting Canadian citizens, it claimed.
WSO President Danish Singh said: “Prime Minister Carney’s invitation to Narendra Modi to attend the G7 Summit sends a disturbing message that the safety and lives of Canadian Sikhs are expendable in the name of economics and diplomacy.”
He added: “The invitation to Mr. Modi is a betrayal of the Sikh community and of Canada’s core democratic values.”
Danish Singh said: “What is Prime Minister Carney doing to ensure that Sikhs in Canada are safe and not being hunted by Indian agents? It is also essential that Jagmeet Singh and other Sikhs who continue to face threats from India receive the support and protection they need.”
