Ottawa is investigating "credible allegations" the Indian government may be connected to the murder of a prominent advocate for an independent Sikh homeland.
On June 18th, Hardeep Singh Nijar, a prominent Sikh leader, was gunned down outside the Sikh temple where he is president.
His prominence was that he was calling for a referendum in India on Khalistan, in the aims of creating a Sikh controlled region in the Punjab region.
India accused him in 2016 of being behind a 2007 bombing in Punjab, except he’s been in Canada since 1997. They took an Interpol notice on him, claiming that he ran terrorist training camps in Mission. (Vancouver resident here, the only religious terrorist camps in Mission are the Christian ones.)
It was in 1997 he claimed refugee status and used a fake passport to enter the country, the claim was rejected but he then married into citizenship.
His lawyer has stated that before his death, he was informed of threats against his life by CSIS.
On June 18th, Hardeep Singh Nijar, a prominent Sikh leader, was gunned down outside the Sikh temple where he is president.
His prominence was that he was calling for a referendum in India on Khalistan, in the aims of creating a Sikh controlled region in the Punjab region.
India accused him in 2016 of being behind a 2007 bombing in Punjab, except he’s been in Canada since 1997. They took an Interpol notice on him, claiming that he ran terrorist training camps in Mission. (Vancouver resident here, the only religious terrorist camps in Mission are the Christian ones.)
It was in 1997 he claimed refugee status and used a fake passport to enter the country, the claim was rejected but he then married into citizenship.
His lawyer has stated that before his death, he was informed of threats against his life by CSIS.
Mind you, he’s also a fucking Canadian citizen.