Relations between India and Canada are deteriorating due to the killing of Khalistani terrorist Hardeep Singh Nijjar. Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau publicly accused India of involvement in Nijar’s murder. India, meanwhile, called Trudeau’s accusations ridiculous. India has made it clear that Trudeau bears full responsibility for the deterioration in relations between the two countries.
But Canada is doing all these things, and the fact that Nijjar was involved in criminal activity is no longer hidden from anyone. Nijjar is a pawn of Pakistan’s ISI. India has repeatedly requested Nijar’s extradition, but Canada not only granted him asylum but also granted him citizenship.
The Canadian government was aware of Nijar’s every move and placed him on a no-fly list to prevent his extradition.
Nijjar was selected by Pakistan’s ISI to train Khalistan supporters with the aim of destabilizing India. Intelligence reports indicate that in 2014, Nijar traveled to Pakistan, where he met Jagtar Singh Hawara, the man responsible for the assassination of former Punjab chief minister Beant Singh. ) of Khalistan terrorists. It was at this meeting that ISI selected him.
The Canadian government has defended Nijar despite India’s repeated requests for his extradition. Nijjar’s criminal history began in 1995 when he was arrested in India. In 1997, Nijjar created a fake passport in the name of Ravi Sharma and escaped, but Canadian authorities caught him at the Toronto airport.
Nijar had sought political asylum, accusing Indian police of brutality and brutality, but his application was rejected. He later married a girl from British Columbia and applied for immigration sponsorship, but was rejected on the grounds that the marriage was false. Nonetheless, Canada eventually granted him citizenship.
Intelligence reports show that until 2015, the ISI openly supported Nijar in training Sikh extremists in British Columbia. Nijjar is also associated with Babbar Khalsa terrorists Jagtar Singh Hawara and Gajinder Singh, who were linked to the Dal Khalsa group that hijacked an Air India plane in 1981.
The Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) supports Khalistani elements in undermining India’s growing influence in Canada. In 2018, then-Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh submitted a list of wanted terrorists to Trudeau, and Nijjar’s name was included in it.
In 2014, India issued a red corner notice against him. Despite India’s repeated requests, Canada placed him on its no-fly list in 2017-18 to protect him from extradition. Despite Canada’s stance, India continues to demand Nijar’s extradition.
However, the controversy over Nijjar escalated last year when Trudeau claimed that Indian agents were involved in his murder. On June 18 last year, Nijar was shot and killed outside a monastery in Surrey, British Columbia. Tensions between India and Canada heightened over Nijjar’s murder. However, Trudeau admitted on Thursday before the committee investigating foreign interference in Canada’s elections that Canada only shared intelligence with India and that they had no concrete evidence that Indian agents were involved.
Nijjar’s case is an example of how Canada is protecting ISI-linked terrorists to win Sikh votes. The Indian Ministry of Foreign Affairs issued a statement saying that all Trudeau did was for vote bank politics. India has made it clear that Trudeau is responsible for the deterioration of these relations.
