Canadian police arrest another person in connection with separatist assassination
On May 11, local time, Canadian police reported that they had arrested the fourth suspect involved in the assassination of Indian-Sikh separatist Hardeep Singh Nijar last year.
Investigators said the suspect, Amandeep Singh, a 22-year-old Indian national, was charged with first-degree murder and conspiracy to commit murder. He had previously been detained by police on a number of firearms-related charges.
△On May 3, three Indian men were arrested in Canada
On the 3rd of this month, three Indian men suspected of participating in the assassination of Nijar were arrested in Edmonton, Alberta, and charged with first-degree murder and conspiracy to commit murder. All three are in their 20s and have lived in Canada for three to five years, but do not have permanent resident status. Police are investigating whether the three have links to the Indian government.
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On June 18 last year, 45-year-old Nijar was shot and killed in a parking lot outside a Sikh cultural center in Surrey, British Columbia. Nijar immigrated to Canada from India in the 1990s and obtained Canadian citizenship. He advocates independence for parts of India and was listed as a terrorist by the Indian government in July 2020.
△Canadian High Commission in India located in New Delhi, India
Nijar's murder has tightened relations between Canada and India and triggered a diplomatic dispute. In September last year, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau accused the Indian government of being involved in Nijar's death, and Canada also expelled India's highest-ranking intelligence official in Canada. The Indian government firmly denied being involved in this incident and took retaliatory measures by expelling Canadian intelligence officials in India, requiring most Canadian diplomats stationed in India to leave the country, and even temporarily suspended the issuance of visas to Canadian personnel.
According to US media reports, in November last year, the Indian government was also accused by US prosecutors of attempting to assassinate another Sikh separatist in the United States.
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