India counters Canada: Sought arrest of Bishnoi gang members, no action taken

The Ministry of External Affairs’ spokesperson, Randhir Jaiswal, said India has 26 extradition requests pending with Canada implicit the past decade, successful summation to respective requests for the provisional apprehension of 5 persons charged with panic and related crimes — Gurjit Singh, Gurjinder Singh, Gurpreet Singh, Lakbir Singh Landa and Arshdeep Singh Gill.

“We person shared security-related accusation with the Canadian authorities regarding pack members, including those from the Lawrence Bishnoi gang, and requested them to instrumentality enactment oregon apprehension them successful accordance with the law. However, nary enactment has been taken by the Canadian broadside connected our request. This is precise serious. I besides find it unusual that the aforesaid radical we asked to beryllium deported, and against whom we requested action, are present being utilized to blasted america for the crimes they person committed successful Canada. This is simply a contradiction we don’t understand,” Jaiswal said astatine a property briefing.

Responding to a question connected the interaction connected economical ties, Jaiswal said: “India-Canada economical ties are precise beardown and vibrant. We person a batch of Canadian pension funds invested here. We person a ample Indian diaspora successful Canada, which serves arsenic a span done which we support beardown people-to-people links. Canada is simply a large beneficiary of these connections. We perchance person the largest cohort of planetary students successful Canada arsenic well. This peculiar situation has been precipitated by the Trudeau government’s baseless allegations.”

Asked astir Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s remark earlier the Foreign Interference Commission that helium believes successful ‘One India’ policy, Jaiswal said: “We person requested enactment against anti-India elements who actively enactment against India’s unity, telephone for the dismemberment and disunity of the country, and espouse separatist ideologies. No enactment has been taken. So, successful a sense, determination is simply a quality — a spread betwixt enactment and words here.”

Amid the diplomatic blowback, Jaiswal hinted that visa processing connected the Indian broadside could beryllium affected. While helium noted that Indian unit successful Canada were moving connected visa requests, Jaiswal acknowledged that this was a “difficult time”.