3 Indian Nationals Arrested In Murder Of Hardeep Singh Nijjar, Case Under Active Investigation: Canada Police

New Delhi: Months after the killing of Khalistani terrorist Hardeep Singh Nijjar, for whose death Canada had blamed India, the Canadian police has now said that an extensive investigation is active and is underway. Canada Police further said that in this investigation, three Indian nationals have been arrested so far and that an active investigation is going on about the murder and its connections with India. This comes amid allegations of Indian connection to Hardeep Singh Nijjar’s death; for this very reason, the two nations have been on loggerheads. Know more about it…

3 Indians Arrested In Hardeep Singh Nijjar’s Murder

As mentioned earlier, the Canadian Police have arrested and charged three individuals in connection with the killing of India-designated terrorist Hardeep Singh Nijjar, amid ongoing investigations into alleged connections to the Indian government. According to court documents, Karanpreet Singh (28), Kamalpreet Singh (22), and Karan Brar (22) each face charges of one count first-degree murder and one count of conspiracy to commit murder Nijjar’s death, Canadian news website CTV News reported.

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Matter Is Very Much Under Active Investigation: Canada

Addressing reporters at a news conference, RCMP Assistant Commissioner David Teboul, who leads the Federal Policing Program in the Pacific Region, emphasised the active nature of the investigation into Nijjar’s murder. “Three suspects have been arrested and charged for their alleged involvement in the killing of Nijjar…. We are not able to make any comments on the nature of evidence… Nor can we speak behind the motive of murder of Nijjar… However, I will say this matter is very much under active investigation,” he said.”

There are separate and distinct investigations ongoing into these matters, certainly not limited to the involvement of the people arrested today, and these efforts include investigating connections to the government of India,” Teboul also said.

Who Is Hardeep Singh Nijjar? What Is India-Canada Row

Nijjar, who was designated a terrorist by the National Investigation Agency in 2020, was shot and killed as he came out of a Gurdwara in Surrey, British Columbia, on the evening of June 18, 2023. The video of his killing that reportedly surfaced in March recently, showed Nijjar being shot by armed men in what has been described as a ‘contract killing’. The killing led to accusations from Prime Minister Justin Trudeau that the government of India had a hand in the killing — a claim that was denied by India and led to the deterioration of diplomatic ties between Canada and India.

(Inputs from ANI)