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'They Have Allowed Organised Crime...': EAM Jaishankar On Canada Arresting Three Indian Men In Khalistani Terrorist Nijjar's Murder
Kuldeep Negi
May 05, 2024, 09:34 AM | Updated 09:34 AM IST
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External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Saturday (4 May) said that India will wait for Canadian police to share information on the three Indian men it has arrested and charged with the murder of Khalistani terrorist Hardeep Singh Nijjar.
The Canadian police officially charged the three men on Friday, stating they are investigating whether the suspects had links with the Indian government.
Jaishankar said that he had seen the news of the arrests and said the suspects "apparently are Indians of some kind of gang background... we'll have to wait for the police to tell us".
"But, as I said, one of our concerns which we have been telling them is that, you know, they have allowed organized crime from India, specifically from Punjab, to operate in Canada," Jaishankar said.
India's High Commissioner to Canada, Sanjay Verma said that India hopes to get regular updates from Canadian authorities regarding the three arrested Indians.
He further said that the issue is an internal affair of Canada.
"I understand that the arrests have been made as a result of investigations conducted by the relevant Canadian law enforcement agencies. This issue is internal to Canada and therefore we have no comments to offer in this regard," Verma added.
The three men, all Indian nationals, were arrested in the city of Edmonton in Alberta on Friday (3 May).
Nijjar was shot dead in June 2023 outside a gurdwara in Surrey, a Vancouver suburb with a large Sikh population.
A few months later, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau alleged Indian government involvement which were strongly denied by India as "motivated" and "baseless".
Also Read: J&K: Terrorists Attack IAF Convoy In Poonch; One Soldier Killed, Four Injured
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Kuldeep is Senior Editor (Newsroom) at Swarajya. He tweets at @kaydnegi.
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