In Canada: Suspected killers of Sikh leader Hardeep Singh Nijjar arrested
In Canada, Canadian Police reported the arrest of a group of people identified as the alleged killers of Sikh leader Hardeep Singh Nijjar in western Canada on June 18, 2023.
According to local broadcaster CBC, the alleged killers of Sikh leader Hardeep Singh Nijjar are reportedly three Indian nationals who were in Canada as international students and were part of a criminal gang.
The alleged killers of Sikh leader Hardeep Singh Nijjar were reportedly arrested on May 3.
Canadian Public Safety Minister Dominic LeBlanc confirmed the arrest of the suspects, who now await trial on charges of first-degree murder and conspiracy.
The alleged killers of Sikh leader Hardeep Singh Nijjar are accused of having been the perpetrators of the shots, drivers and observers on the day Nijar was killed.
We recall that Sikh Hardeep Singh Nijjar was a prominent community leader who had devoted much of his life to the struggle for a separate homeland for his followers, namely the creation of Khalistan, an independent country, within the state of Punjab.
For these claims, Nijjar was wanted by the Indian authorities for alleged terrorism and conspiracy offenses, and a reward of USD 12,000 was put out for information leading to his arrest, although he denied the accusations against him until the last day.
He is believed to have arrived in Canada in his 20s in 1997 after the New Delhi Security Forces brought insurgent outbreaks under control.
Suspected killers of Sikh leader Hardeep Singh Nijjar arrested
His shooting death outside the temple he attended near his home in Surrey sparked a diplomatic crisis between Canada and India as Prime Minister Justin Trudeau accused his counterpart of involvement in the criminal plot.
The alleged killers of Sikh leader Hardeep Singh Nijjar are Kamalpreet Singh, Karan Brar and Karampreet Singh.
In addition, the alleged killers of Sikh leader Hardeep Singh Nijjar were arrested in Edmonton, Alberta, said Mandeep Mooker, superintendent of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police.
In the first investigations, the local Sikh community accused the New Delhi Executive and even organized demonstrations at the consulate in Toronto.
However, their denunciations gained momentum when, some time later, the president declared during an emergency parliamentary session that he had “credible allegations” linking Indian agents to the case.
As it was later revealed, it was data from “intelligence shared among the partners of Five Eyes”, an information exchange network made up of the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia and New Zealand.
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In response, Trudeau “conveyed his deep concerns to the highest security and Indian government officials” as “any involvement of a foreign government in the murder of a Canadian on Canadian soil is an unacceptable violation of our sovereignty” and proceeded to expel a senior Indian diplomat from the country.
New Delhi responded with the same letter with an official on its soil given that it completely rejected the allegations and called them “absurd.”
“We are a democratic state with a strong commitment to the rule of law,” the Foreign Ministry said in a statement at the time.
These actions were followed by visa suspensions, travel warnings and the recall of dozens of other officials in retaliation.
The Khalistan movement has lost much of its political power, but still has supporters in the Indian state of Punjab, as well as among the sizeable Sikh diaspora in the rest of the world. While the active insurgency ended years ago, the Indian government has repeatedly warned that Sikh separatists have tried to return.
