Canada police charge three with murder of Sikh leader Nijjar, probe India link

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VANCOUVER: Canadian police on Friday (May 3) arrested and charged three Indian men with the murder of Sikh separatist leader Hardeep Singh Nijjar last year and said they were probing whether the men h

Activists of the Dal Khalsa Sikh organisation, a pro-Khalistan group, stage a demonstration demanding justice for slain Sikh separatist Hardeep Singh Nijjar in September 2023 Nijjar, 45, was shot dead in June outside a Sikh temple in Surrey, a Vancouver suburb with a large Sikh population.

Last week, the White House expressed concern about the reported role of the Indian intelligence service in assassination plots in Canada and the United States. "Those who have been arrested are part of a hit squad but it's clear that they were directed," he said by phone.

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