The brother of Henry Nowak’s murderer was filmed holding a Sikh ceremonial sword in the street during an apparent road rage incident outside a Hindu temple, the Daily Mail can reveal today.
Gurpreet Digwa, 27, was seen with the bladed weapon beside a Mercedes A180 while arguing with a fellow motorist in Southampton last year.
Videos circulating online showed him shouting as another man held him back outside the city’s Vedic Society Hindu Temple.
Multiple sources in Southampton, with knowledge of the incident, identified the man with the ceremonial sword as Gurpreet Digwa.
It is not known when the incident took place, but one witness who lives on the street claimed it was around the time of the murder of Henry by Gurpreet’s younger brother Vickrum.
Hampshire Constabulary have been unable to find details of the incident and it came amid growing fury about ‘two-tiered policing’ in the UK. President Donald Trump highlighted Henry’s case in the US overnight.
In footage uncovered by the Mail, Gurpreet can be seen shouting and being held back by another man while clutching what appears to be a Sikh ceremonial sword.
Wearing blue Sikh clothing, he is then dragged away before getting into a black A-Class Mercedes.
People can also be heard yelling: ‘You’ve got a problem’ and ‘not nice’ at him. He was also warned he was being filmed.
Sikh Gurpreet Digwa, 27, brother of Henry Nowak’s murderer Vickrum, was filmed carrying a sword next to his Mercedes A180 car in Southampton during an apparent road rage incident
Gurpreet Digwa appeared to be held back while arguing with a fellow motorist on the road
People were heard shouting ‘you’ve got a problem’ and Digwa eventually got back in the car
The family of the man shown restraining Gurpreet and dragging him away said they ‘condemn what happened’ and have no links to the Digwas.
The video was filmed on the road just outside the Vedic Society Hindu Temple.
Relatives of the other man in the footage said: ‘We don’t want to be involved at all. This family has nothing to do with the Digwa family.
‘That is definitely Gurpreet, the elder brother in the video. We totally condemn what happened. We just want peace and love. We don’t want to get involved with this at all. If you have seen the video, then you will know it just shows road rage.’
Nina Padure, who lives on Radcliffe Road where the incident took place, said she came outside after two groups of men began ‘screaming’ at each other.
She told the Mail: ‘I heard two cars stop, then saw those guys come out with that big sword. I heard them shouting. The guy wanted beef with them.
‘When he got out of the car, he took the weapon with him. It was quite quick â they were shouting but not for very long, not even five minutes. He got into the back on the driver’s side. I was worried seeing someone carrying a sword around.’
On Monday, Gurpreet’s brother Vickrum Digwa, 23, was sentenced to life in prison with a minimum of 21 years for the murder of 18-year-old Henry last December.
Anger erupted after police bodyworn video was released showing Henry being placed in handcuffs moments before he became unconscious and subsequently died.
Gurpreet Digwa outside Southampton Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday
Vickrum Digwa was given a life sentence with a minimum of 21 years in prison for the murder
The trial heard that Sikh man Vickrum had lied to police attending the scene by saying he had been racially abused by Henry and denying he had stabbed him.
On Tuesday, Vickrum, Gurpreet and their father Moga Singh, 52, appeared at Southampton Magistrates’ Court after being charged with multiple weapons offences.
The trio faced six counts of possessing an offensive weapon in a private place. The alleged weapons are a flick knife, an extendable baton, knuckledusters, a machete, swords and kusaris.
Gurpreet faced four additional charges of possessing an offensive weapon, an asp, in a public place, possessing a prohibited weapon, an air rifle, possessing an axe in a public place and possessing a knife, a kirpan, in a public place.
All of the offences are dated December 4, 2025 â the day after the incident in which Henry was killed.
Jennifer Pitt, chair of the magistrates, adjourned the proceedings until a further hearing on July 9 and released Moga and Gurpreet on unconditional bail until then, and Vickrum on technical bail as he is serving a jail sentence.
Violent protests erupted near where Henry was fatally stabbed, amid an outcry over his treatment, after Vickrum claimed he had been the victim of a racial attack.
Police officers pinned fatally injured Henry to the ground as he gasped ‘I’ve been stabbed’
Henry Nowak was arrested on a Southampton street last December after being attacked
At the same time, shocking video footage showed how Henry was handcuffed by police who ignored his pleas that he could not breathe as he lay dying.
Henry’s family want to ‘bring common sense back’ to policing, Kemi Badenoch said after meeting his bereaved parents yesterday.
The Tory leader has called for changes to how police forces address equality rules following the public outcry over the death of the 18-year-old.
The murder has raised questions about whether anti-racism training may have affected the officers’ judgment after they were called to the scene by the killer, who claimed he was the victim and had been subject to racist abuse.
Mrs Badenoch commended Henry’s mother, Lucy Ross, father Mark Nowak and stepmother Katie Woodcock for their ‘extraordinary’ courage, and said they called for politicians to ‘rebuild trust’ in the police.
She said: ‘Everyone knows I have strong views about how we should deal with equality under the law.
‘I promised the family that we will work to ensure there is a positive legacy for Henry out of this tragedy. That is my focus now.’
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