The Globe and Mail mentioned that the suspected assailants remained in Canada after the homicide and have been beneath police surveillance. It’s anticipated that the RCMP will make arrests and press costs in opposition to these people quickly. The sources additionally recommend that the police will disclose extra particulars concerning the alleged involvement of the accused and the Indian authorities upon laying costs.

Last month, U.S. federal prosecutors accused an Indian intelligence officer of supposedly orchestrating a plot, originating from India, to assassinate Khalistan separatist Gurpatwant Singh Pannun in New York. This alleged scheme reportedly concerned collaboration with one other Indian particular person and two operatives, one posing as a supply and the opposite as a hitman, each revealed to be undercover U.S. officers.

The claims stem from an indictment filed by the U.S. Department of Justice in a federal court docket positioned in Manhattan. As per the indictment, the Indian official collaborated with a 52-year-old Indian citizen named Nikhil Gupta, also called Nick, who was apprehended by Czech authorities on June 30 of this yr. Gupta faces costs of murder-for-hire and conspiracy to commit murder-for-hire.

Later, in an interview with CBC News, David Vigneault, Director of the Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS), talked about that he grew to become conscious of sure facets of India’s purported assassination plot via the U.S. indictment.

Earlier in September, relations between India and Canada had soured when Canadian PM Justin Trudeau had asserted that Canadian intelligence had credible data linking Hardeep Nijjar’s dying to Indian state brokers. However, New Delhi firmly denied any function within the assassination, stating that Canada had not shared convincing proof to assist claims of Indian involvement.

This accusation considerably impacted relations between Canada and India, resulting in the suspension of free-trade discussions and a enterprise commerce mission by Ottawa, whereas the Indian authorities revoked diplomatic protections for 41 Canadian diplomats in India.

The NIA had designated Nijjar as a terrorist l In 2020, and he was accused of actively supporting the militant group Khalistan Tiger Force.

Nijjar’s son Balraj Singh Nijjar, 21, had beforehand instructed the Vancouver Sun that his father had been recurrently assembly with officers from the Canadian Security Intelligence Service, with the frequency escalating to “once or twice a week.” These conferences persevered till simply earlier than his father’s homicide on June 18.

Balraj mentioned these conferences commenced round February and intensified over the following three to 4 months.

Hardeep Singh Nijjar, was fatally shot by two masked assailants within the car parking zone of Surrey’s Guru Nanak Sikh Gurdwara, the place he held the place of president.