Months after request to Canada, NIA yet to get Hardeep Singh Nijjar’s death certificate

“There are 2 cases registered with the NIA, successful which Nijjar was named arsenic 1 of the accused. To implicit the documentation enactment of their lawsuit files, the probe serviceman needs to amusement his (Nijjar) decease certificate earlier a Delhi Court and that’s wherefore they person asked the Canadian Government nether the Mutual Legal Assistance Treaty (MLAT) to stock his decease certificate. But alternatively of sharing it, they person asked the crushed for asking it and present replies volition beryllium sent to them,” the serviceman said.

In September 2023, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau told the House of Commons that Canada had credible grounds connected the imaginable engagement of Indian Government officials successful the killing. He, earlier this month, acknowledged that helium had lone quality and nary “hard evidentiary proof” erstwhile helium alleged the engagement of Indian Government agents successful the sidesplitting of Nijjar.

In 2022, the NIA had announced a currency reward of Rs 10 lakh connected Nijjar successful transportation with an onslaught connected a Hindu clergyman successful Jalandhar successful 2021. During the investigation, it was discovered that Nijjar had made provocative statements, posted objectionable content, and shared photographs and videos connected societal media platforms to “spread insurrectionary imputations” done hatred speeches. “The incriminating evidence… gathered substantiates that helium is progressive successful exhorting seditionary and insurrectionary imputations and besides attempting to make disharmony among antithetic communities successful India,” an NIA papers stated.

Nijjar was named successful an FIR that the NIA registered successful December 2020 erstwhile farmers were protesting against the 3 workplace laws successful Delhi. Nijjar, on with Gurpatwant Singh Pannun and Paramjit Singh Pamma, was accused of conspiring to make an ambiance of fearfulness and lawlessness, causing disaffection among people, and inciting them to emergence successful rebellion against the Government of India.

He moved from Punjab to Canada successful 1997, and initially worked determination arsenic a plumber. He besides got joined successful Canada and had 2 sons. He had been the president of the Surrey Gurdwara assemblage since 2020. Nijjar hailed from the Bhar Singh Pura colony successful the Phillaur subdivision of Jalandhar district, Punjab.

In February 2023, the MHA notified KTF, among others, arsenic a violent organisation nether the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA). The MHA said of KTF, “It is simply a militant outfit and it aims to revive coercion successful Punjab and challenges the territorial integrity, unity, nationalist information and sovereignty of India and promotes assorted acts of terrorism, including targeted killings successful Punjab.”

Nijjar allegedly visited Pakistan successful 2013-14 to conscionable with Jagtar Singh Tara, who is presently serving a beingness condemnation successful India for his engagement successful the assassination of erstwhile Punjab main curate Beant Singh successful 1995. Tara had escaped from jailhouse successful 2004, but was rearrested successful Thailand successful 2015 and brought to India.