Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Wednesday acknowledged that he had not provided India with concrete proof regarding the killing of Khalistani terrorist Hardeep Singh Nijjar on Canadian soil while testifying before the Public Inquiry into Foreign Interference in Federal Electoral Processes and Democratic Institutions in Ottawa.
Justin Trudeau admits that he didn’t provide India with real proof concerning the assassination of Hardeep Singh Nijjar.Trudeau says that Canada only provided intelligence and no proof before publicly accusing India of killing the Khalistani terrorist. pic.twitter.com/uhC7alsz2K
— Suraj Balakrishnan (@SurajBala) October 16, 2024
“And at that point it was primarily intelligence, not hard evidentiary proof,” Trudeau said, referring to the allegations he levelled against India, linking ‘Indian agents’ to the murder of Nijjar outside a gurdwara in Canada’s Surrey.
Trudeau claimed that he has ‘credible evidence’ that India played a role in the murder of Nijjar. He also said he had asked the Indian intelligence community to look into it later and said it was initially thought to be a ‘gang-related’ issue.
“Some South Asian MPs were insistent that it was likely connected to India,” Trudeau said. He did not name who those MPs were.
Trudeau also alleged that the Lawrence Bishnoi crime syndicate was also involved.
“Canadians who are opponents of Modi govt, their information was passed to the Indian govt at the highest level and then information directed through criminal organisations like the Lawrence Bishnoi gang (which) resulted in violence against Canadians on the ground,” Trudeau said.
At Foreign Interference Commission, Canadian PM Justin Trudeau says, "Canadians who are opponents of Modi govt, their information was passed to the indian govt at the highest level and then information directed through criminal organisations like the Lawrence Bishnoi gang… pic.twitter.com/8UfKdunEg8— ANI (@ANI) October 16, 2024
The Canadian Prime Minister said that Canadian intelligence officials told Indian officials that there are ‘concerns’ that Indian officials may have been involved during the July-August period of the year 2023.
The ties between India and Canada came under severe strain following Trudeau’s allegations in September last year of a “potential” involvement of Indian agents in the killing of Nijjar. New Delhi rejected Trudeau’s charges as “absurd”.
On Monday, India expelled six Canadian diplomats and announced withdrawing its high commissioner from Canada after dismissing Ottawa’s allegations linking the envoy to a probe into the killing of Nijjar.
On its part, India strongly rejected attempts by Canadian authorities to link Indian agents with criminal gangs in Canada with official sources even saying that Ottawa’s assertion that it shared evidence with New Delhi in the Nijjar case was simp
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