File photoSikhs for Justice (SFJ), a US-based Khalistani group, has threatened to "siege" the Indian Consulate in Vancouver, Canada, after New Delhi and Ottawa have resumed diplomatic ties. The separatist outfit announced it would take over the consulate on Thursday, September 18, and urged Indians and Indo-Canadians to stay away from the premises.The group also released a poster with the image of the new Indian high commissioner, Dinish Patnaik, showing a target on his face.The SFJ, in its statement, referred to then Canadian PM Justin Trudeau’s statement in the Canadian Parliament on 18 September 2023, when he said that the alleged role of Indian agents in the killing of NIA-designated terrorist Hardeep Singh Nijjar was under investigation.The separatist group claimed that "two years on, Indian Consulates continue to run a spy network and surveillance targeting Khalistan Referendum campaigners."It further claimed that the threat was "so grave" that the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) had to place Inderjeet Singh Gosal, who took over the Khalistan Referendum campaign after Nijjar’s death, under "witness protection."SFJ said its proposed "siege" of the Indian Consulate in Vancouver would be a way to demand "accountability" for what it described as "espionage and intimidation on Canadian soil."Earlier this month, a Canadian government report acknowledged the presence of Khalistani terror groups in the country.India and Canada recently named their new high commissioners after an understanding was reached between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Canadian counterpart Mark Carney during Modi's visit to Canada for the G7 summit in June.Relations between the two countries had been tense since 2023, when Trudeau said his government had "credible allegations" linking Indian agents to the killing of Hardeep Singh Nijjar in Surrey, British Columbia.Nijjar was shot dead outside a gurdwara on June 18, 2023. India rejected Trudeau’s claims, calling them "absurd" and "motivated," and accused Canada of letting extremist and anti-India activities grow unchecked.