Hardeep Singh Nijjar: Canada expels Indian diplomat over ‘credible allegations’ linking India’s government to killing on Canadian soil

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Canada has expelled a prime Indian diplomat from the nation, after Prime Minister Justin Trudeau described “credible allegations” linking India’s authorities to the assassination of a Canadian citizen and outstanding Sikh chief.

“Over the previous variety of weeks, Canadian safety companies have been actively pursuing credible allegations of a possible hyperlink between brokers of the federal government of India and the killing of a Canadian citizen Hardeep Singh Nijjar,” Trudeau stated in parliament on Monday, including his authorities would take all steps essential ‘“to carry perpetrators of this homicide to account.”

Nijjar was a outstanding Sikh chief in British Columbia, and in line with native police, he was gunned down in his truck in June by two masked gunmen outdoors a Sikh temple in Surrey, BC. His loss of life each shocked and outraged the big Sikh neighborhood in Canada that now numbers within the a whole lot of hundreds

India designated Nijjar a terrorist menace a number of years in the past, labeling him a part of a separatist motion for Sikhism.

The Indian diplomat’s expulsion was confirmed by Canada’s overseas affairs minister, Mélanie Joly, who additionally confirmed that the person is the pinnacle of the Indian intelligence company in Canada.

“As we speak we’re appearing by expelling a key diplomat, however we’ll unravel this,” she instructed reporters in Ottawa on Monday.

Trudeau additionally stated Monday that he had introduced Canada’s considerations over the assassination “personally and instantly” to Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi final week on the G20.

“Any involvement of a overseas authorities within the killing of a Canadian citizen on Canadian soil is an unacceptable violation of our sovereignty,” he stated.

Canadian police haven’t arrested anybody in reference to Nijjar’s homicide, however in an August replace, police launched an announcement saying they had been now investigating three doable suspects and issued an outline of a doable getaway car, asking for the general public’s assist.

CNN has reached out to the Excessive Fee of India in Ottawa for remark however has not obtained a reply.