Canada intelligence chief David Vigneault has made two unannounced visits to India this year to meet Indian officials to discuss the killing of Khalistan terrorist leader Hardeep Singh Nijjar.
Canada Intel Chief Vigneault Visited India Twice This Year In Nijjar Case: Report
Khalistan terrorist leader Hardeep Singh Nijjar was killed outside a gurdwara in Surrey, 30 kilometers from Vancouver, on June 18 last year.
Canadian intel chief Vigneault has made the visits to India in the first quarter of this year, reports said.
Vigneault travelled to New Delhi in February and March 바카라 before Canada announced the arrest of four Indian nationals in connection with Nijjar바카라s killing, HT reported.
The report also said Vigneault provided additional information, including intercepted communications, to his Indian interlocutors.
India-Canada relations hit lowest ebb after Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau바카라s statement in the country바카라s Parliament on September 18 last year about 바카라credible allegations바카라 of a potential link between Indian government agents and Nijjar바카라s murder.
India dismissed Trudeau바카라s allegation as 바카라absurd바카라 and officials have maintained it is not the government바카라s policy to engage in acts like the killing of Nijjar.
Nijjar was killed outside a gurdwara in Surrey, 30 kilometers from Vancouver, on June 18 last year.
Nijjar was declared a terrorist by India in 2020 and was wanted by the National Investigation Agency (NIA).
The report said the information provided by Vigneault included phone numbers, intercepts of communications using encrypted messaging apps and other information gathered by Canadian investigators.
India has been maintaining that Canada has not provided any evidence regarding Nijjar바카라s killing. On May 13, External affairs minister S Jaishankar in a presser said India is open to conducting a probe if Canada has any evidence that is relevant.
바카라We have never received anything which is specific and worthy of being pursued by our investigative agencies, and I am not aware that anything has changed in the last few days in that regard,바카라 Jaishankar had said.
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Vigneault바카라s visits came weeks before Canadian authorities arrested and charged three Indian nationals 바카라 Karanpreet Singh, 28, Kamalpreet Singh and Karan Brar, both 22 바카라 for the murder of Nijjar on May 3.
Canadian authorities subsequently arrested a fourth Indian identified as 22-year-old Amandeep Singh.
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