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Canadian police arrest fourth man for murder of Sikh leader Nijjar
Singh, an Indian national who resided in Brampton, Surrey and Abbotsford, was already in custody for unrelated firearms charges out of Peel, Ontario, IHIT said.
Amandeep Singh, 22, / IHIT/Handout via REUTERS
A fourth person has been arrested and charged with the murder of Sikh separatist leader Hardeep Singh Nijjar last year, Canadian police said on Saturday, in a case that strained diplomatic relations with India.
Canadian police earlier this month arrested and charged three Indian men in the city of Edmonton in Alberta and said they were probing whether the men had ties to the Indian government.
The Integrated Homicide Investigation Team (IHIT) announced Saturday that Amandeep Singh, 22, has been charged with first-degree murder and conspiracy to commit murder in Nijjar's killing.
Singh, an Indian national who resided in Brampton, Surrey and Abbotsford, was already in custody for unrelated firearms charges out of Peel, Ontario, IHIT said.
Nijjar, 45, was shot dead in June outside a Sikh temple in Surrey, a Vancouver suburb with a large Sikh population. A few months later, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau cited what he said was evidence of potential Indian government involvement, prompting a diplomatic crisis with New Delhi.
Nijjar was a Canadian citizen campaigning for the creation of Khalistan, an independent Sikh homeland carved out of India. The presence of Sikh separatist groups in Canada has long frustrated New Delhi, which had labeled Nijjar a "terrorist".
(Reporting by Nivedita Balu in Toronto; Editing by Alistair Bell)
FILE PHOTO: Guru Nanak Sikh Gurdwara, site of the 2023 murder of Sikh separatist leader Hardeep Singh Nijjar, in Surrey / REUTERS/Jennifer Gauthier/File Photo
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Comments
Lachhman Gupta
2024-05-13 00:00:00
How Khalistan will survive without resources? It is foolish to ask an separate country. Sikhs are getting all the opportunities in India. Sikhs are serving in the Army, Airforce, Navy, central Ministry, High government posts and are well off than the rest of India. Even the President and Prime Minister were Sikhs too. We all worship same God Rama, Krishna, Guru Nanak. We are all Hindus. Think about the well being of India rather breaking the country in parts where others Britishers, Moguls took advantage.
Lachhman Gupta
2024-05-13 00:00:00
How Khalistan will survive without resources? It is foolish to ask an separate country. Sikhs are getting all the opportunities in India. Sikhs are serving in the Army, Airforce, Navy, central Ministry, High government posts and are well off than the rest of India. Even the President and Prime Minister were Sikhs too. We all worship same God Rama, Krishna, Guru Nanak. We are all Hindus. Think about the well being of India rather breaking the country in parts where others Britishers, Moguls took advantage.
Lachhman Gupta
2024-05-13 00:00:00
How Khalistan will survive without resources? It is foolish to ask an separate country. Sikhs are getting all the opportunities in India. Sikhs are serving in the Army, Airforce, Navy, central Ministry, High government posts and are well off than the rest of India. Even the President and Prime Minister were Sikhs too. We all worship same God Rama, Krishna, Guru Nanak. We are all Hindus. Think about the well being of India rather breaking the country in parts where others Britishers, Moguls took advantage.
Lachhman Gupta
2024-05-13 00:00:00
How Khalistan will survive without resources? It is foolish to ask an separate country. Sikhs are getting all the opportunities in India. Sikhs are serving in the Army, Airforce, Navy, central Ministry, High government posts and are well off than the rest of India. Even the President and Prime Minister were Sikhs too. We all worship same God Rama, Krishna, Guru Nanak. We are all Hindus. Think about the well being of India rather breaking the country in parts where others Britishers, Moguls took advantage.
Lachhman Gupta
2024-05-13 00:00:00
How Khalistan will survive without resources? It is foolish to ask an separate country. Sikhs are getting all the opportunities in India. Sikhs are serving in the Army, Airforce, Navy, central Ministry, High government posts and are well off than the rest of India. Even the President and Prime Minister were Sikhs too. We all worship same God Rama, Krishna, Guru Nanak. We are all Hindus. Think about the well being of India rather breaking the country in parts where others Britishers, Moguls took advantage.
Lachhman Gupta
2024-05-13 00:00:00
How Khalistan will survive without resources? It is foolish to ask an separate country. Sikhs are getting all the opportunities in India. Sikhs are serving in the Army, Airforce, Navy, central Ministry, High government posts and are well off than the rest of India. Even the President and Prime Minister were Sikhs too. We all worship same God Rama, Krishna, Guru Nanak. We are all Hindus. Think about the well being of India rather breaking the country in parts where others Britishers, Moguls took advantage.
Lachhman Gupta
2024-05-13 00:00:00
How Khalistan will survive without resources? It is foolish to ask an separate country. Sikhs are getting all the opportunities in India. Sikhs are serving in the Army, Airforce, Navy, central Ministry, High government posts and are well off than the rest of India. Even the President and Prime Minister were Sikhs too. We all worship same God Rama, Krishna, Guru Nanak. We are all Hindus. Think about the well being of India rather breaking the country in parts where others Britishers, Moguls took advantage.