The Canadian international minister, Melanie Joly, on Monday expelled an Indian diplomat after the Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau claimed a possible hyperlink between the Indian authorities and the killing of a Khalistani terrorist, Hardeep Singh Nijjar, in June, reported information company AP.
This got here after Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau mentioned that the nation’s safety businesses have been investigating a hyperlink between the Indian authorities and the killing of the Khalistani terrorist.
As a consequence of this, Canadian Foreign Minister Melanie Joly mentioned the pinnacle of Indian intelligence in Canada has been expelled.
“If proven true, this would be a great violation of our sovereignty and of the most basic rule of how countries deal with each other,” Joly mentioned. “As a consequence we have expelled a top Indian diplomat,” Joly mentioned, as quoted by AP.
She additionally mentioned that the Justin Trudeau had raised the matter with US President Joe Biden.
WHAT JUSTIN TRUDEAU SAID
While talking on the House of Commons in Ottawa, Canada’s Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau, mentioned that Canadian safety businesses had been actively pursuing credible allegations of a possible hyperlink between brokers of the Government of India and the killing of a Canadian citizen, Hardeep Singh Nijjar.
Trudeau mentioned he had introduced up the difficulty with Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the G20 Summit as nicely.
“Canada has declared its deep concerns to the top intelligence security officials of the Indian government. Last week, at the G20, I brought them personally and directly to Prime Minister Modi in no uncertain terms,” the Canadian Prime Minister mentioned.
“In the strongest possible terms, I continue to urge the government of India to cooperate with Canada to get to the bottom of this matter,” he mentioned.
Trudeau mentioned he is aware of there are some members of the Indo-Canadian group who really feel indignant or frightened, and he referred to as for calm.
Public Safety Minister Dominic LeBlanc mentioned Canada’s nationwide safety advisor and the pinnacle of Canada’s spy service have travelled to India to satisfy their counterparts and to confront the Indian intelligence businesses with the allegations. He referred to as it an energetic murder investigation.
DEATH OF KHALISTANI TERRORIST
Hardeep Singh Nijjar, wished by the Indian authorities, was killed in a focused capturing on June 18 this yr. Nijjar was shot useless exterior a gurdwara in Surrey.
In 2022, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) declared a Rs 10 lakh reward on Nijjar after he was accused of conspiring to kill a Hindu priest in Punjab’s Jalandhar.
The conspiracy to kill the priest was hatched by the Khalistan Tiger Force (KTF). Nijjar, who was primarily based in Canada, was the chief of the KTF.
DISCUSSION ON ‘KHALISTAN EXTREMISM’ AT G20 SUMMIT
At the G20 Summit in Delhi on September 10, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, in a press convention, mentioned that he and Prime Minister Narendra Modi had mentioned Khalistani extremism and “foreign interference” throughout their assembly on the sidelines of the summit.
“Both issues came up. Over the years, with PM Modi, we have had many conversations on both of those issues,” he had mentioned.
Soon after, Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s workplace mentioned that Modi had expressed his deep issues to Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau concerning the ongoing “anti-India activities” being carried out by “extremist elements” in Canada.
“He (Prime Minister Modi) conveyed our strong concerns about continuing anti-India activities of extremist elements in Canada. They are promoting secessionism and inciting violence against Indian diplomats, damaging diplomatic premises, and threatening the Indian community in Canada and their places of worship,” the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) had mentioned.
(With inputs from AP)
Published On:
Sep 19, 2023
