Nijjar murder remains under active investigation; 3 Indian nationals arrested

The Canadian Police have arrested and charged three individuals in connection with the killing of Indiadesignated terrorist Hardeep Singh Nijjar amid ongoing investigations into alleged connections to the Indian governmentAccording to court documents Karanpreet Singh 28 Kamalpreet Singh 22 and Karan Brar 22 each face charges of one count firstdegree murder and one count of conspiracy to commit murder Nijjars death Canadian news website CTV News reportedThis charge however has been repeatedly denied by India In September 2023 External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar had said that the Indian government had told Canada that it was not Government of India policy to engage in such acts like the killing of NijjarAddressing reporters at a news conference RCMP Assistant Commissioner David Teboul who leads the Federal Policing Program in the Pacific Region emphasised the active nature of the investigation into Nijjars murderThree suspects have been arrested and charged for their alleged involvement in the killing of Nijjar We are not able to make any comments on the nature of evidence Nor can we speak behind the motive of murder of Nijjar However I will say this matter is very much under active investigation he saidThere are separate and distinct investigations ongoing into these matters certainly not limited to the involvement of the people arrested today and these efforts include investigating connections to the government of India Teboul also saidThe indictments allege that the conspiracy unfolded in both Surrey and Edmonton between May 1 2023 and the day of Nijjars killingScheduled updates on the case from the BC RCMP and the Integrated Homicide Investigation Team were announced for 1230 pm PT on FridayNijjars assassination triggered diplomatic tensions between Canada and India after Prime Minister Justin Trudeau disclosed intelligence investigations regarding a potential link between the Indian government and the killingPublic Safety Minister Dominic Leblanc refrained from confirming any connection to the Indian government asserting that such inquiries should be directed to the RCMP as reported by CTV NewsI have full confidence in the security apparatus of the government of Canada and the work of the RCMP and the work that the Canadian Security Intelligence Service does Leblanc affirmedThe police operation that you see ongoing today confirms that the RCMP take these matters extremely seriously But questions with respect to particular links or nonlinks are properly put to the RCMP he addedNijjar who was designated a terrorist by the National Investigation Agency in 2020 was shot and killed as he came out of a Gurdwara in Surrey British Columbia on the evening of June 18 2023The video of his killing that reportedly surfaced in March recently showed Nijjar being shot by armed men in what has been described as a contract killingThe killing led to accusations from Prime Minister Justin Trudeau that the government of India had a hand in the killing a claim that was denied by India and led to the deterioration of diplomatic ties between Canada and India