Even though Khalistani figures accused India for the killing of Khalistan Tiger Force (KTF) chief Hardeep Singh Nijjar, the Canadian police did not consider India to be involved in the act, according to a report.
A close confidant of Nijjar told Hindustan Times that India was not mentioned when the Canadian law enforcement agencies listed potential threats to Nijjar바카라s life. The report said that, prior to his death, Nijjar had been advised to relocate and divert his routes to steer clear from getting targeted.
Nijjar was killed June 18 in Canada바카라s Surrey city in British Columbia. The report says he was warned quite a few times by the Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) and the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) but India did not figure in those briefings.
"India was not named as the source of the threat during agencies바카라 interaction with Nijjar, a proponent of Khalistan, who was very close to Nijjar, told the Hindustan Times, but asked not to be named," said the report.
However, Nijjar as well as pro-Khalistan groups suspected the threat to be from India. The chief of Sikhs for Justice and the alleged head of Khalistan Tiger Force faced multiple terror-related charges by the Indian Law Enforcement. India바카라s National Investigation Agency (NIA) had also announced an award of Rs.10 lakh in July last year for any disclosure that바카라ll accelerate his detention. But he was never tried in Canadian courts, while SFJ maintained that it won바카라t employ violence.
SFJ바카라s general counsel Gurpatwant Pannun responded to claims about Indian elements not being listed as one of threats rather ambiguously, as he proceeded to say that he was 바카라not privy바카라 to the conversations between Nijjar and the Canadian agencies, or 바카라if they mentioned India바카라s role in death threats to Nijjar.바카라 He, nevertheless, stood by the submission that India was responsible for Nijjar바카라s 바카라assassination.바카라
바카라The evidence leads to (an) Indian agency hiring a hitman to assassinate Nijjar including but not limited to NIA declaring reward to know the location and whereabouts of Nijjar and Indian TV Channels, without any convictions, calling Nijjar the most wanted terrorist,바카라 Pannun added.
Pro-Khalistan groups have been running a poster campaign targeting India바카라s diplomats in Canada, including Sanjay Kumar Verma, High Commissioner to Ottawa, since the Khalistan exponent바카라s murder.That once started with the 바카라Kill India바카라 posters that appeared in July, has metamorphosed into them brandishing 바카라Wanted바카라 posters under the photographs of the High Commissioner and Consul Generals in Toronto and Vancouver. Similar posters have been flagged in India.
A music video tribute was also dedicated to Nijjar, released on the same day. The video used archival footage of Nijjar speaking, including when he said, 바카라If they raze one of our pillars, we will raze four of theirs.바카라
Whilst SFJ assured that the posters did not signify any violent threat, they maintained that the diplomats represented the Indians behind Nijjar바카라s murder. The reason for his murder remains unknown and is still being investigated by the Integrated Homicide Investigation Team.
