Washington: The killing of Khalistani separatist Hardeep Singh Nijjar stays an “energetic and ongoing investigation”, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) has mentioned. Nijjar, the chief of the banned Khalistan Tiger Power (KTF), was killed in Surrey, British Columbia on June 18. India had designated Nijjar as a terrorist in 2020. The killing of Nijjar, 45, is being investigated by the Built-in Murder Investigation Workforce (IHIT) of RCMP.
“We’re conscious of reviews being made relating to the murder of Hardeep Singh Nijjar. As this stays an energetic and ongoing investigation, I’m unable to touch upon particular proof collected by IHIT,” IHIT spokesperson Sergeant Timothy Pierotti advised PTI on Thursday.
In the meantime, the Guru Nanak Sikh Gurdwara Sahib in Surrey, British Columbia the place Nijjar was killed has launched an investigation into how The Washington Publish newspaper was capable of view safety digicam footage of the June killing.
“We’ve been advised by the temple that the video isn’t for the media, the general public as a result of it’s an ongoing investigation. That video gained’t be launched to anybody. It’s an ongoing investigation,” Gurkeerat Singh, a spokesman for the gurdwara, advised Canada’s nationwide information company The Canadian Press.
Singh, nonetheless, mentioned he has seen the video a number of instances. “It wasn’t one thing executed randomly. These persons are watching the motion of Hardeep Singh for some time they usually know the route he goes and the way he exits the gurdwara,” he mentioned.
Pierotti advised the native weekly newspaper Surrey Now-Chief that police had accomplished a “fulsome canvass of the world,” following the proof and are accumulating all related video footage.
Nijjar’s son Balraj Nijjar advised the native every day that his father had common conferences with Canadian Safety Intelligence Service officers “a few times per week,” together with one or two days earlier than the June 18 killing, with one other assembly scheduled for 2 days later.
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has alleged that the Indian authorities was behind the killing of Nijjar on June 18. India has rejected the allegations as “absurd” and “motivated”.
Individually, the Vancouver Solar newspaper on Thursday reported {that a} man had been arrested for vandalising two giant Hindu temples in Surrey. “The suspect and his accomplices are accused of plastering the Hindu locations of worship with yellow-red posters.
“The posters name for a separate Sikh homeland in India and declare that Indian diplomats in Canada are ‘needed’ for the June 18 ‘assassination’ of Khalistani activist Hardeep Singh Nijjar,” the every day reported.
