The Washington Post report signifies gang violence behind Nijjar’s homicide, witnesses say gunmen had been Sikhs

A report by The Washington Post has claimed that a minimum of six males and two autos had been concerned within the homicide of Khalistani terrorist Hardeep Singh Nijjar in Surrey on 18 June 2022. The Washington Post claims to have reviewed a 90-second recording of the video of the homicide and witness accounts, “suggesting a larger and more organised operation than has previously been reported”.

The report particulars the sequence of occasions main as much as the homicide of Nijjar, which was captured by a Gurudwara safety digicam. Interestingly, going by the video description within the report, an analogous sample of killing has been noticed in circumstances of gang violence in each Punjab and Canada. The video has been shared with investigators.

According to The Washington Post, Nijjar’s grey pickup truck is seen pulling out of a parking house. A white sedan seems in an adjoining lot, pulls up and drives parallel to the truck.

The autos are initially separated by a walkway, the report claims. When the truck hurries up, the sedan matches its tempo. Then the truck merges into the sedan’s lane and for a second they’re side-by-side. As the autos method the car parking zone exit, the sedan pulls in entrance and brakes to dam the truck.

Two males in hooded sweatshirts emerge from beneath a lined ready space and transfer towards the truck. Each factors a firearm on the driver’s seat. The sedan exits the car parking zone and drives out of view. Then the 2 males run in the identical course, the report claims.

The report has quoted neighborhood members saying that investigators have instructed them that assailants fired about 50 bullets of which 34 hit Nijjar. Another report has additional claimed that the 2 killers who shot Nijjar had been Sikhs.

Nijjar homicide scoop | 2 killers who shot Nijjar had been ‘Sikhs’. @gauravcsawant with extra particulars.#information #ITVideo @PoulomiMSaha pic.twitter.com/czbQ7wSFW3

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The report by The Washington Post additionally quotes a witness, and gurudwara committee member Malkit Singh, saying that whereas he didn’t recognise the gunmen, “he described them as wearing a Sikh get-up with hoodies pulled over small pughs on their heads and masks over their bearded faces. One, Just over five feet tall and heavyset, was struggling to run fast. The other was about 4 inches taller and leaner”, the report says.

Malkit Singh additional narrated to The Post that the lads ran out of the park to a cul-de-sac and bought right into a ready silver automobile by which three different males had been ready. He reportedly mentioned that he couldn’t see their faces.

The above particulars falsify Canadian allegations towards India much more as no nation can be this sloppy if it needs to neutralise a wished terrorist on overseas land. No State would launch such an uncovered, and susceptible operation on overseas soil that pulls such international consideration. That the attackers had been on the unfastened and had been seen by witnesses together with Nijjar’s Khalistani aides reveals the numerous flaws making the accusations weak. Clearly, the sequence of occasions feels like a results of gang rivalry.

Moeover, The Washington Post report has quoted “members of the local Sikh community” as saying that Canadian “authorities have told them little about their investigation of the killing”. “They say police were slow to the scene, and disagreement between agencies caused further delay. Several business owners and residents near the gurudwara say investigators have not visited to ask questions of request security video,” the report claims.

Caretaker of the gurudwara Charanjeet Singh reportedly stayed with Nijjar’s physique on the spot. He noticed males he didn’t recognise recording movies of the scene. According to The Post, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police’s (RCMP) Integrated Homicide Investigation Team (IHIT) mentioned the police first obtained the report of the capturing at 8:27 pm.

WaPo additional quotes witnesses as saying that it took between 12 to twenty minutes after the gunshots for the primary law enforcement officials to reach. The neighborhood members reportedly described the interval as surprising claiming that a lot of police recurrently patrol the neighbourhood.

Another witness, Bhupinderjit Singh, quoted by WaPo claimed, “There was an hours-long tussle between Surrey police and the RCMP. They couldn’t decide who would head the investigation, so there was a delay.” There was no response from the RCMP and its murder investigation, the report says.

The Washington Post claims to have visited 39 companies and houses alongside the trail the assailants took throughout their escape. It says, “The majority of those interviewed said they had not been contacted by the authorities.”

It was solely on 21 July, greater than a month after the capturing that authorities reportedly requested the general public for assist figuring out the 2 gunmen. On 16 August, they requested for assist figuring out a silver 2008 Toyota Camry and driver.

As per the report, neighborhood members say they’re most involved that authorities didn’t supply Nijjar extra safety earlier than the killing, and that they’ve been given little data since. Moninder Singh, the spokesman of the British Columbia Sikh Gurdwara Council, reportedly mentioned Nijjar’s mechanic not too long ago discovered a tracker within the wheel nicely of his truck. Moninder says he’s not sure whether or not the federal companies have shared the knowledge with native authorities.

The particulars shared with WaPo by witnesses, most of whom had been shut aides of Nijjar, level to a torpid response by Canadian authorities, and a botched up investigation into the homicide. On 19 September, Canada expelled an Indian diplomat on baseless allegations of involvement of Indian brokers within the homicide of Khalistani terrorist Hardeep Singh Nijjar. The expenses had been levelled by Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau himself within the House of Commons.

India responded in variety by expelling a Canadian diplomat and suspended visa companies for Canadian nationals. India has additionally launched a large crackdown on Khalistani terrorists in Punjab with the NIA conducting raids on property belonging to Sikhs for Justice (SFJ) terrorist Gurpatwant Singh Pannun. The Modi authorities has additionally ordered the cancellation of the OCI playing cards of Khalistanis residing overseas.

Canada: Not simply den of Khalistani terrorists however hub of gangsters

Besides a den of terrorists, Canada can also be a hub of gangsters. According to a report, Canada’s nationwide murder price elevated for a 3rd consecutive 12 months in 2022. Nearly one-quarter of killings in 2021 had been linked to gangs. In 2021, 788 homicides had been recorded in Canada, up by three per cent from 2020 marking the best price of homicides in Canada since 2005.

An analogous sample of gang-violence has been witnessed in Punjab. On 29 May, simply 19 days earlier than Nijjar’s demise in Surrey, Punjabi singer Sidhu Moosewala was shot lifeless in an analogous method in Mansa, Punjab. Moosewala’s Mahindra Thar SUV was blocked by a automobile from the entrance and a shot was fired from a automobile behind him.

A person carrying an automated assault rifle then appeared in entrance of Moosewala’s jeep and fired indiscriminately. Moosewala was shot over 30 occasions by round eight to 10 attackers. The attackers had fled inside minutes.

On 27 July this 12 months, a United Nations-designated felony named Ravinder Samra was shot lifeless in Richmond, Canada. The 36-year-old gangster was shot many occasions within the 8000-block of Minler Road, close to Blundell.

According to Corporal Sukhi Dhesi of the Integrated Homicide Investigation Team, Samra’s demise was a focused killing associated to the British Columbia gang violence. His brother Amarpreet Samra was killed two months in the past in an analogous assault in Vancouver.

On twentieth September, one of the crucial wished criminals by the National Investigation Agency (NIA), Sukhdool Singh alias Sukha Duneke, was killed in a gang battle in Canada. The Lawrence Bishnoi gang took accountability for the homicide of Sukha Duneke.

Duneke was an affiliate of Arsh Dalla, a Khalistani terrorist who not too long ago took accountability for killing Congress chief Baljinder Singh Balli in Moga. Duneke was a member of the Davinder Bambiha gang that was named in Sidhu Moosewala’s homicide.

Duneke escaped to Canada in 2017 and was working his gang actions in India whereas sitting comfortably in Canada. Duneke was a identified Khalistani sympathiser.