Canada police charge 3 with murder of Sikh leader Hardeep Singh Nijjar, media says

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OTTAWA — Canadian police charged three people on May 3 with the murder of Sikh separatist leader Hardeep Singh Nijjar in the province of British Columbia in June 2023, Canadian media said, citing court documents. Nijjar, 45, was shot dead outside a Sikh temple in Surrey, a Vancouver suburb with a large Sikh population.

Hardeep Singh Nijjar was shot dead outside a Sikh temple in a Vancouver suburb in June 2023.OTTAWA — Canadian police charged three people on May 3 with the murder of Sikh separatist leader Hardeep Singh Nijjar in the province of British Columbia in June 2023, Canadian media said, citing court documents.

The news broke days after the White House expressed concern about the reported role of the Indian intelligence service in assassination plots in Canada and the US. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced in September that Canadian authorities were pursuing allegations linking Indian government agents to the murder of Nijjar, a Canadian citizen.CTV and Global News first reported the news of those arrested on May 3, with CTV saying all three were Indian nationals.

Last November, US authorities said an Indian government official had directed the plot in the attempted murder of Gurpatwant Singh Pannun, a Sikh separatist and dual citizen of the US and Canada.

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