3 resultsfor “Sikh Federation statement on Nowak death”
Federation had [previously said that blade was not a kirpan](https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c1d2w411rgro) and in a statement the Network of Sikh Organisations agreed, describing it instead as a "Persian blade known as a pesh-kabz
statement, Sikh groups condemned what they called “a moment of madness” by one individual, saying that the wider Sikh community had since faced considerable abuse and hate. Amandeep Singh, from the Sikh charity Basics
Sikh man who had fatally stabbed him with a ceremonial dagger. Vickrum Digwa, 23, was sentenced on Monday to [life in prison with a minimum term of 21 years](https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/jun/01/southampton-man-jailed-life-murder-student-religious-knife-vickrum-digwa-henry-nowak) for the December