‘Not trying to provoke, want answers’: Trudeau on Khalistani terrorist’s killing
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- September 19, 2023
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Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has said that the murder of an Indian separatist leader in the other country is ‘extremely serious’. The remarks came mere hours after the lawmaker asserted that “credible allegations” linked Indian agents to the June slaying of Hardeep Singh Nijjar. New Delhi has however dismissed the Canadian government’s accusations as ‘absurd’.
“The government of India needs to take this matter with the utmost seriousness. We are doing that, we are not looking to provoke or escalate,” Reuters quoted him as saying.
The Khalistan Tiger Force chief – wanted in India for several terror attacks – had been gunned down by two unidentified assailants outside a gurdwara in Surrey on June 18.
“Over the past number of weeks, Canadian security agencies have been actively pursuing credible allegations of a potential link between agents of the Government of India and the killing of a Canadian citizen, Hardeep Singh Nijjar,” Trudeau said on Monday.
Following his speech to the House of Commons, Foreign Minister Melanie Joly confirmed that she has ordered the expulsion of “a senior Indian diplomat”.
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Updated: 19 Sep 2023, 07:20 PM IST
