A Sikh activist warned by police that his life is in danger has been charged with a dozen firearms-related offences, according to court documents obtained by Global News.

Ontario Provincial Police officers arrested Inderjeet Singh Gosal in Whitby, Ont., on Friday for careless use of a handgun and other related offences, the records show.

Gosal, who appeared in court in Oshawa on Monday, was charged along with Arman Singh, 23, of Toronto, and Jagdeep Singh, 41, a resident of New York.

A 36-year-old from Brampton, Ont. Gosal is a Canadian leader of the Khalistan movement that advocates for independence for India’s Sikh-majority Punjab region.

He runs a referendum campaign on Khalistan, a position he took over after its previous co-ordinator, Hardeep Singh Nijjar, was gunned down in Sur

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