Sikh assassinations: Canada, US raising heat on India
After passage of one year of Sikh leader Hardeep Singh Nijjar’s murder outside a community shrine near Vancouver, a series of diplomatic and legal measures are sharpening the scrutiny on India’s role in quashing overseas Sikh separatist movements through assassinations in both the United States and Canada.
The reports revealed that in Canada, an upcoming hearing on the Nijjar case on June 25 will offer prosecutors a new chance to present evidence to back their allegations of India’s involvement in the murder.
Four Indians were arrested in May this year over the fatal shooting of Nijjar in June last year. The four men are Amandeep Singh, 22; Kamalpreet Singh, 22; Karan Brar, 22; and Karanpreet Singh, 28.
Sikh activists marked the first anniversary of Nijjar’s death by holding a mock trial of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi outside the Indian consulate in downtown Vancouver. They carried an effigy of Modi in prison stripes, asserting the Indian government’s role in Nijjar’s death.
