Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his administration have been accusing India of killing Khalistani terrorist Hardeep Singh Nijjar in Canada and supporting the Khalistanis to the extent of downgrading diplomatic ties with India over the identical. India has reiterated in type and has hit out at Canada for shielding terrorists.
The Ministry of External Affairs on 21 September in no minced phrases stated that “if there’s any country that needs to look at this, I think it is Canada and its growing reputation as a place, as a safe haven for terrorists, for extremists, and for organised crime.”
In this regard, it’s notable that Nijjar was not only a political activist supporting a separate Khalistan as being projected by Canada. In truth, he had brazenly indulged in extremist actions prior to now, and the government of India has been alerting the Canadian govt about his actions for a number of years.
Nijjar’s involvement in Khalistani terrorism began along with his membership in Babbar Khalsa International, led by Jagtar Singh Tara. Later Nijjar together with Khalistani terrorist Arshdeep Singh Dala raised a bunch of killers known as the Khalistani Tiger Front (KTF).
This group carried out the focused killing of Manohar Lal in Bhatinda in 2014, a Hindu priest in Phillaur, tried abduction and killing of Shakti Singh, and gunned down a sacrilege accused in Moga.
In December 2015, Hardeep Nijjar performed a terror coaching camp in Mission Hills, British Columbia, Canada. He imparted coaching to Mandeep Singh Dhaliwal and different radicalised youth in firing AK-47 rifles, sniper rifles, and pistols.
Videos of the gun coaching camp run by Nijjar had appeared within the media, which confirmed him brandishing an AK-47 riffle.
Khalistani Hardeep Singh Nijjar who Justin Trudeau claims was assassinated with “credible potential link” by brokers with ties to India’s gov is proven taking pictures weapons in a ‘coaching camp’ in British Columbia, Canada.
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In 2016, Nijjar despatched Dhaliwal to kill Shiv Sena leaders in Punjab however the latter was arrested by the Punjab Police. Dhaliwal was arrested in May 2016 and an FIR was filed below sections 124-!, 152, 120-B IPC and below sections 10, 16,18 of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act 1967 and sections 25/54/59 of the Arms Act.
In truth, in 2016 itself, the Indian authorities knowledgeable Canada concerning the terror camp run by Nijjar, with Canadian passport quantity QK139247, planning terror assaults in Punjab. “Nijjar has been imparting arms training to his group in Canada after the arrest of former KTF chief Jagtar Tara in Thailand by Interpol last year. He took Mandeep Singh and three more Sikh youths recently for AK-47 training in a range near Mission where they were made to fire for four hours daily,” a report despatched by India to Canada had stated.
Both Mandeep and Nijjar had made frequent visits to Pakistan for arms coaching with the ISI, as per the government of India report.
The report had additional added, “Mandeep came to India in January 2016 from Canada with a specific plan to target police officers, Shiv Sena leaders and dera chiefs. While in India, he was in constant touch with Nijjar and Gajinder Singh in Pakistan. He was doing a recce of targets in Patiala and Ludhiana while Nijjar was to arrange weapons from Pakistan.”
There had been assaults on Shiv Sena and RSS leaders in Punjab at the moment. Mandeep was additionally in contact with DKI boss Gajinder Singh, who had masterminded the hijack of a Srinagar-Delhi Indian Airlines flight in 1981.
In November 2020, Nijjar partnered with fellow gangster Arsh Dalla, they usually collectively had been concerned within the homicide of Manohar Lal, a follower of the Dera Sacha Sauda, in Bathinda in 2021.
Notably, in 2014-2015, the World Sikh Organisation (WSO) helped Trudeau’s Liberal Party marketing campaign earlier than the federal polls. This thereby gives purpose to consider that Khalistani forces had interfered in Canada’s elections below the patronage of Justin Trudeau.
The “Canadian citizen” Harshdeep Singh Nijjar whom Justin Trudeau is defending at present is a recognized terrorist who operated from Canadian soil. If something, Trudeau is the one who wants to return clear to the Indian authorities about supporting the anti-India, anti-Hindu teams fanning inciteful sentiments in India from Canadian soil.
Hardeep Singh Nijjar was additionally arrested in Canada in 2018, however was launched the following day. A Hindustan Times report from April 2018 stated that he was briefly taken into custody by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) on 13 April, however was launched inside 24 hours, with none fees being filed. He was additionally detained in Thailand in 2015 when he was flying again from Lahore to Vancouver through Bangkok.
