Canada investigating possible link between India, killing of Sikh activist

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Justin Trudeau calls on Indian government to cooperate with probe into Hardeep Singh Nijjar’s killing in Canada in June.

Canada’s prime minister has said Canadian security agencies are investigating “credible allegations of a potential link” between Indian government agents and the killing of a prominent Sikh-Canadian activist earlier this year.

Speaking in Parliament on Monday afternoon, Justin Trudeau said he personally conveyed his country’s “deep concerns” to his Indian counterpart, Narendra Modi, at the Group of 20 summit in New Delhi earlier this month.

Hardeep Singh Nijjar was fatally shot on June 18 outside a Sikh temple in Surrey, a city in Canada’s westernmost province of British Columbia.

“Any involvement of a foreign government in the killing of a Canadian citizen on Canadian soil is an unacceptable violation of our sovereignty,” Trudeau said on Monday.

“In the strongest possible terms, I continue to urge the government of India to cooperate with Canada to get to the bottom of this matter.”

The Indian government did not immediately comment on the allegations.

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