Overview

• Canadian authorities have detained Inderjit Singh Gosal in Ottawa on multiple firearms-related charges, according to reports citing unnamed sources, with formal confirmation still awaited.
• Gosal is described as a close associate and former security aide to Gurpatwant Singh Pannun, who is designated an individual terrorist by India’s Home Ministry.
• Indian media report that New Delhi provided Ottawa with dossiers, including financial-trail intelligence purportedly linking Gosal to Pannun, which sources say influenced the action.
• The reported detention follows a meeting in New Delhi between National Security Advisors Ajit Doval and Nathalie Drouin, after which both governments said they would work closely against terrorism and transnational crime.
• Indian security officials are casting the case as an early test of a potential reset in bilateral counter-terror cooperation, while public details of the evidence and specific charges remain limited.