India says Canada has shared no evidence of its involvement in killing of a Sikh separatist leader
India says Canada has shared no evidence of its involvement in killing of a Sikh separatist leader
A photo of Hardeep Singh Nijjar is seen during a news conference providing an update from the Sikh community about Nijjar鈥檚 homicide from June 18, 2023 in Surrey, B.C. on Friday, May 3, 2024. (Ethan Cairns/The Canadian Press via 明星黑料)
Members of British Columbia鈥檚 Sikh community gather in front of the courthouse in Surrey, British Columbia, Tuesday, May 7, 2024. Three men accused of murdering temple leader Hardeep Singh Nijjar made their first court appearance by video. (Chuck Chiang/The Canadian Press via 明星黑料)
Members of British Columbia鈥檚 Sikh community gather in front of the courthouse in Surrey, British Columbia, Tuesday, May 7, 2024. Three men accused of murdering temple leader Hardeep Singh Nijjar made their first court appearance by video. (Chuck Chiang/The Canadian Press via 明星黑料)
A photo of Hardeep Singh Nijjar is seen during a news conference providing an update from the Sikh community about Nijjar鈥檚 homicide from June 18, 2023 in Surrey, B.C. on Friday, May 3, 2024. (Ethan Cairns/The Canadian Press via 明星黑料)
A photo of Hardeep Singh Nijjar is seen during a news conference providing an update from the Sikh community about Nijjar鈥檚 homicide from June 18, 2023 in Surrey, B.C. on Friday, May 3, 2024. (Ethan Cairns/The Canadian Press via 明星黑料)
Members of British Columbia鈥檚 Sikh community gather in front of the courthouse in Surrey, British Columbia, Tuesday, May 7, 2024. Three men accused of murdering temple leader Hardeep Singh Nijjar made their first court appearance by video. (Chuck Chiang/The Canadian Press via 明星黑料)
Members of British Columbia鈥檚 Sikh community gather in front of the courthouse in Surrey, British Columbia, Tuesday, May 7, 2024. Three men accused of murdering temple leader Hardeep Singh Nijjar made their first court appearance by video. (Chuck Chiang/The Canadian Press via 明星黑料)
Members of British Columbia鈥檚 Sikh community gather in front of the courthouse in Surrey, British Columbia, Tuesday, May 7, 2024. Three men accused of murdering temple leader Hardeep Singh Nijjar made their first court appearance by video. (Chuck Chiang/The Canadian Press via 明星黑料)
Members of British Columbia鈥檚 Sikh community gather in front of the courthouse in Surrey, British Columbia, Tuesday, May 7, 2024. Three men accused of murdering temple leader Hardeep Singh Nijjar made their first court appearance by video. (Chuck Chiang/The Canadian Press via 明星黑料)
NEW DELHI (明星黑料) 鈥� India said Thursday that Canada has shared no evidence to back its allegation that the Indian government was involved in the slaying of a Sikh separatist leader in Canada last year, despite the recent arrests of three Indian men in the crime.
India鈥檚 External Affairs Ministry spokesman Randhir Jaiswal also reiterated India鈥檚 longstanding allegation that Canada harbors Indian extremists.
Three Indian nationals who had been living in Canada temporarily were arrested on Tuesday in the slaying last June of Hardeep Singh Nijjar in British Columbia. Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau had set off a diplomatic spat with India last September when he cited 鈥渃redible allegations鈥� of India鈥檚 involvement in the slaying of the Sikh separatist. India rejected the accusations.
Canadian Mounted Police Superintendent Mandeep Mooker said after the men鈥檚 arrests that the investigation into whether they had ties to India鈥檚 government was ongoing.
Jaiswal said the two governments are discussing the case but that Canada has forwarded no specific evidence of the Indian government鈥檚 involvement.
Meanwhile, Jaiswal said New Delhi has complained to Canadian authorities that separatists, extremists and those advocating violence against India have been allowed entry and residency in Canada. 鈥淢any of our extradition requests are pending,鈥� he said.
鈥淥ur diplomats have been threatened with impunity and obstructed in their performance of duties,鈥� Jaiswal added. 鈥淲e are having discussions at the diplomatic level on all these matters,鈥� he said.
The three Indian men arrested in Canada haven鈥檛 yet sought any access to the Indian diplomats there, Jaiswal said.
The three 鈥� Kamalpreet Singh, 22, Karan Brar, 22, and Karanpreet Singh, 28 鈥� appeared in court Tuesday via a video link and agreed to a trial in English. They were ordered to appear in British Columbia Provincial Court again on May 21.
They were arrested last week in Edmonton, Alberta. They have been charged with first-degree murder and conspiracy to commit murder.
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This version has corrected the timing of the arrests to last week, not this week.