Canada Arrests Fourth Indian National In Killing Of Sikh Separatist Hardeep Singh Nijjar
Date
5/12/2024 12:00:12 AM
(MENAFN- Live Mint) "A fourth Indian national was charged by Canadian authorities Saturday in the 2023 killing of a separatist Sikh leader in Vancouver Singh, 22, was already being held for unrelated gun charges before being charged with \"first-degree murder and conspiracy to commit murder\" in the slaying of Hardeep Singh Nijjar other Indian nationals were arrested this month killing sparked a diplomatic row between Ottawa and New Delhi when Prime Minister Justin Trudeau linked Indian intelligence to the killing - who immigrated to Canada in 1997 and became a citizen in 2015 - had advocated for a separate Sikh state, known as Khalistan, carved out of India had been wanted by Indian authorities for alleged \"terrorism\" and conspiracy to commit murder - allegations he denied was shot dead on June 18, 2023, by masked assailants in the parking lot of the Sikh temple he led in suburban Vancouver announced several months later that Canada had \"credible allegations\" connecting Indian intelligence to the slaying dismissed the allegations as \"absurd\" and responded furiously, briefly curbing visas for Canadians and forcing Ottawa to withdraw diplomats November, the US Justice Department charged an Indian citizen living in the Czech Republic with allegedly plotting a similar assassination attempt on American soil said in unsealed court documents that an Indian government official was also involved in the planning shock allegations came after US President Joe Biden hosted Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi for a rare state visit, as Washington seeks closer ties with India against China's growing influence intelligence agencies have assessed that the plot on American soil was approved by India's top spy official at the time, Samant Goel, the Washington Post reported in April is home to some 770,000 Sikhs, who make up about two percent of the country's population, with a vocal minority calling for an independent state of Khalistan.
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