Canada police charge three with murder of Sikh leader Hardeep Singh Nijjar, media says [Video]

OTTAWA – Canadian police charged three people on May 3 with the murder of Sikh separatist leader Hardeep Singh Nijjar in the province of British Columbia in June 2023, Canadian media said, citing court documents.

Nijjar, 45, was shot dead outside a Sikh temple in Surrey, a Vancouver suburb with a large Sikh population.

The news broke days after the White House expressed concern about the reported role of the Indian intelligence service in assassination plots in Canada and the US.

The presence of Sikh separatist groups in Canada has long frustrated New Delhi. Nijjar was labelled a “terrorist” by India.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced in September that Canadian authorities were pursuing allegations linking Indian government agents to the murder of Nijjar, a Canadian citizen. New Delhi rejected Trudeau’s claim as “absurd.”

CTV and Global News first reported the news of those arrested on May 3, with CTV saying all three were Indian nationals.

The Royal Canadian Mounted Police are due to brief media about the …