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Indian-origin Labour MP Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi has hit back at Restore Britain leader Rupert Lowe after he called for a ban on carrying the Sikh ceremonial kirpan in public spaces following the murder of British-Polish teenager Henry Nowak.Dhesi, the Labour MP for Slough and one of Britain’s most prominent Sikh politicians, accused Lowe of targeting an entire community.”I was born and raised here. Countless brave Sikh soldiers died for Britain, proudly wearing their turban and kirpan,” Dhesi wrote on X.”Thankfully, Rupert and Restore don’t get to decide what is British.

An 18-year-old British boy was walking home from a pub in December when he was brutally stabbed by a Sikh man. Henry Nowak was mortally wounded, but what happened in the moments before he would ultimately succumb to his injuries is even more appalling. Police pinned Nowak down and began to handcuff him as he cried out for help all because his attacker accused him of racism.

Video footage from Nowak’s phone on December 3, 2025 shows him saying “Hello car” as he walks, before singing to himself. Eventually, Vickrum Digwa is seen in the video walking away from Nowak, with Nowak heard saying “Innit bad man, what bad man. You’re a bad man, say you’re a bad man, go on.” Notably, prosecutors said Digwa was wearing his knife “openly displayed over his clothing.”

Digwa replied “I am a bad man.” Digwa would then go on to stab Nowak five times, delivering a fatal chest wound.

LONDON — The fatal stabbing last year in Britain of a teenager who was handcuffed by police while his killer stood nearby erupted into a debate on Tuesday about policing, race and knife crime.

The killing of 18-year-old Henry Nowak in December drew renewed attention after the killer was sentenced to life with a minimum of 21 years in prison on Monday, and following the release of a video showing police dismissing Nowak when he said that he had been stabbed.

The killer, Vickrum Digwa, 23, who is Sikh, had reported to police that he was the victim of a racist attack by Nowak, who was white.

BREAKING:

Keir Starmer says he won’t remove the exemption which allows Sikhs to carry large ceremonial knives on them.

Meanwhile, English women are being prosecuted for carrying regular pepper spray on them when out on the streets at night pic.twitter.com/d8PF2NkdSL

— Visegrád 24 (@visegrad24) June 2, 2026

Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood says the UK won’t ban Sikhs carrying ceremonial knives following Henry Nowak killing.

“Carrying a knife for the purpose of religious observance is one thing- using it as so tragically occurred in this case is quite another.” pic.twitter.com/Qi15qIH33j

— Oli London (@OliLondonTV) June 2, 2026

🚨The dumbass government of Keir Starmer said they are not looking into the issue of Sikh ceremonial knives because they agree with the judge who said it only became a murder weapon when it was unsheathed by Vikram Digwa when he killed Henry Nowak.

Isn’t that the case for every… pic.twitter.com/P6KzUktFPr

— Don Keith (@RealDonKeith) June 2, 2026