NIA files fresh UAPA case against Pannun over reward to stop PM from hoisting Tricolour

The FIR was registered on August 19 on the instruction of the Union Home Ministry. “Based on credible information and video retrieved from @SFJ_US_Official channel of X formerly known as Twitter, on 10th August 2025, Gurpatwant Singh Pannun, General Counsel of the Unlawful Association, Sikh for Justice (SFJ), has declared reward to prevent Prime Minister of India from hoisting tricolor at Red Fort New Delhi on 15th August, 2025,” the FIR said.

“He has unveiled a map of new Khalistan which includes Punjab, Delhi, Himachal Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh. He has declared that SFJ has formed a Shaheed Jatha to fight against India. By doing so he has indulged in activities for disrupting sovereignty, territorial integrity and security of India and spreading disaffection among Sikhs against India,” the FIR alleged.

The MHA had banned SFJ on July 10, 2019, under the UAPA. Pannu was designated an ‘individual terrorist’ on July 1, 2020.