India has been providing inputs and evidence of Khalistani terrorist activity on Canadian soil for years now, but Ottawa didn’t act on these even after ‘Referendum 2020’ called by the Sikhs for Justice (SFJ) group, top sources told News18.
Officials said the Government of India, through diplomatic channels, has provided dossiers, updated locations and details of arms training of pro-Khalistan entities (PKEs) to various countries, including Canada. The first detailed information was provided to Canada in 2020 after the referendum for a separate Khalistan was organised by PKEs in Brampton.
“Everything started after the groups announced the referendum for separate Khalistan in 2018. In 2020, the Indian government provided audio, video and photo evidence along with addresses, which were sufficient to understand that terror activities were being planned in Canada by these groups. But Canada didn’t pay any attention and cited the excuse of respecting the ‘right to protest’,” a senior official told News18.
Sources said Indian agencies also provided details like hideout locations of gangs formed by Punjab-based gangsters, including the Davinder Bambhia gang, Arsh Dalla gang and Lakhbir Landa gang. In 2021, India shared details on gang members who moved to Canada on the false pretext of being cadres of a Punjab-based political party.
Officials added that PKEs were running human trafficking channels right under the nose of Canadian agencies, which didn’t act despite getting relevant information from Indian agencies.
Multiple targeted killings of Sikhs, Hindus and Christians in Punjab after 2016 were the handiwork of Khalistani terrorist Hardeep Singh Nijjar and his allies, sources said. “But Canadian agencies never started any inquiry or investigation against Nijjar and his friends Bhagat Singh Brar, Parry Dulai, Arsh Dalla, Lakbir Landa and others. For Canada, they remain political activists despite the increasing body count in Punjab,” an official said.
“Even in Canada, many Khalistanis are part of the drug trade. Rivalries among gangsters from Punjab is common in Canada now. It may be recalled that pro-India Sikh leader Ripudaman Singh Malik was killed in 2022 in Surrey, a murder which many say was orchestrated by Hardip Singh Nijjar. But Canadian agencies did not show any urgency in finding the real people behind it and unravelling the real conspiracy,” the source added.
Tensions have flared between India and Canada following Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s explosive allegations of a “potential” involvement of Indian agents in the killing of 45-year-old Nijjar on June 18 in British Columbia. India had designated Nijjar as a terrorist in 2020.
India has rejected the allegations as “absurd” and “motivated” and expelled a senior Canadian diplomat in a tit-for-tat move to Ottawa’s expulsion of an Indian official over the case.
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