Firearms seized at Surrey home tied to Pro-Khalistan activist

Canadian law enforcement has seized several firearms from a residence in Surrey in British Columbia, after a video emerged of people gathered with weapons at an event there.

Police haven’t identified the persons seen in the video or the owner of the residence.

However, social media accounts identified the owner as Harjit Singh Pattar, an associate of Hardeep Singh Nijjar, the pro-Khalistan figure who was killed on June 18 last year.

A person familiar with Pattar said that the video was from a pre-wedding ceremony for his son.

Pattar, the person added, was associated with the secessionist group Sikhs for Justice. 

In a release issued on Friday, the Surrey detachment of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police or RCMP said that it became aware on Thursday morning of a video circulating online where it was alleged that it showed a “group of people dancing with firearms was filmed in Surrey.”

Surrey RCMP’s South Community Response Unit (SCRU) took conduct of the investigation and later in the day confirmed the address where the video may have been filmed.

A Criminal Code investigation was initiated and contact was made with the property owner.