TORONTO (Reuters) – A fourth particular person has been arrested and charged with the homicide of Sikh separatist chief Hardeep Singh Nijjar final 12 months, Canadian police mentioned on Saturday, in a case that strained diplomatic relations with India.
Canadian police earlier this month arrested and charged three Indian males within the metropolis of Edmonton in Alberta and mentioned they had been probing whether or not the lads had ties to the Indian authorities.
The Built-in Murder Investigation Crew (IHIT) introduced Saturday that Amandeep Singh, 22, has been charged with first-degree homicide and conspiracy to commit homicide in Nijjar’s killing.
Singh, an Indian nationwide who resided in Brampton, Surrey and Abbotsford, was already in custody for unrelated firearms expenses out of Peel, Ontario, IHIT mentioned.
Nijjar, 45, was shot lifeless in June exterior a Sikh temple in Surrey, a Vancouver suburb with a big Sikh inhabitants. A couple of months later, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau cited what he mentioned was proof of potential Indian authorities involvement, prompting a diplomatic disaster with New Delhi.
Nijjar was a Canadian citizen campaigning for the creation of Khalistan, an impartial Sikh homeland carved out of India. The presence of Sikh separatist teams in Canada has lengthy pissed off New Delhi, which had labeled Nijjar a “terrorist”.
