LONDON, UK—Guramit Kalirai a former spokesperson of the English Defence League (EDL) was found guilty of a violent robbery and is now on the run. Guramit Kalirai, 31, along with two accomplices Andrew Wheelhouse, 31 and David Mura, 26, were convicted for tying up a shop assistant and threatening to slash his throat in a botched robbery in Nottingham.
Guramit Kalirai absconded before the trial and was given six-and-a-half-years in prison, in his absence. A warrant is now out for his arrest and Nottinghamshire Police have urged members of the public to call Notts Police on 101 or call Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111 if they have any information.
For some months Guramit Singh acted as a token Sikh supporter of the EDL and often apperared on platforms alongside Tommy Robinson, aka Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, leader of the far-right organisation. Robinson, himself has served a twelve-month prison sentence for assaulting an off-duty police officer and has a string of other convitions including drug offences.
Guramit Kalirai often tried to portray himself as a Sikh and carried the Sikh flag on EDL marches. Kalirai was arrested after a speech delivered outside Peterborough Magistrates’ Court during the EDL protest on December 11, 2010, but was later not charged. He was also interviwed a number of times on various television channels including the BBC and other media outlets.
This is the true state of the man who once said that the EDL was the new Khalsa and other assorted offensive remarks regarding Sikhi… How the ‘mighty’ have fallen.