As Modi Visits D.C., Sikh Americans Say Surveillance and Threats Continue

Drop Site News: On the afternoon of December 22, a white vehicle pulled up to the gates of political activist Pritpal Singh’s home in Fremont, California. Security footage provided to Drop Site showed a man parking in front of the property, located on a quiet suburban cul de sac, exiting his vehicle, taking several pictures of Singh’s home and the surrounding area, before driving away after being noticed by neighbors coming out of their homes.

Singh is a Sikh American organizer who has previously received warnings from the FBI that his life was in danger. The warnings came after a series of assassinations and attempted killings of other Sikh activists in North America in 2023, which the U.S. and Canada alleged were orchestrated by Indian intelligence agents and directed by senior officials of the Modi government.

While President Donald Trump courts Indian prime minister Narendra Modi in Washington, D.C., this week, law enforcement agents have been investigating whether individuals working for the Indian government are continuing to target Sikh Americans in an ongoing spate of unsolved shootings, threats, and incidents of intimidation spanning multiple countries.

These incidents are alleged to be part of a global campaign orchestrated by the Indian government to target dissidents abroad, including in the U.S., UK and Canada. The Indian government is presently headed by a religious-nationalist government that has taken a hardline on separatism and minority based political movements in the country.

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