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This is what Canada has been talking about, says Trudeau after U.S. charges Indian for plotting Sikh separatist's murder
“The Indian government needs to work with us to ensure that we’re getting to the bottom of this,” said Canada PM Trudeau
The indictment of an Indian national in a foiled assassination attempt against a Sikh separatist on American soil underscored what Canada has been alleging in Hardeep Singh Nijjar’s case and India must take it seriously, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said.
Mr. Trudeau said Wednesday that Canadian authorities have been working closely with their American counterparts since August on allegations about the Indian government’s involvement in Nijjar’s killing on June 18 in British Columbia province.
U.S. indictment accuses Indian intelligence official of ‘masterminding plot’ to kill Pannun:
The indictment suggests a link between the alleged plot targeting Pannun and the killing of Hardeep Singh Nijjar
Just after the U.S. Department of Justice publicly released an indictment alleging an Indian plot targeting Gurpatwant Singh Pannun, a U.S.-based Khalistani activist wanted on terror charges, India set up a “high-level” enquiry committee to look into the allegations.
Calling the allegations a “matter of concern”, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said that the purported links between the indicted individual and the Indian government official in the U.S. Department of Justice filings are not the “Indian government policy”.