What is the status of Nijjar killing case?

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and different officials person repeatedly claimed to person provided credible and irrefutable grounds of links betwixt Nijjar’s killers and the Indian government. India has said that not “a shred of evidence” has been provided by Canada implicit the past year, since Trudeau archetypal alleged an Indian manus successful the execution successful September 2023.

All 4 accused, who allegedly played roles arsenic shooters, drivers, and spotters connected the time Nijjar was killed, stay successful a constabulary holding facility. This is what has happened since their arrests.

ON MAY 3, 2024, Karan Brar (22), Kamalpreet Singh (22), and Karanpreet Singh (28), were arrested successful Edmonton, the superior of the Canadian state of Alberta.

All 3 men were charged with first-degree execution and conspiracy to perpetrate execution successful the Nijjar case. Police said they had travelled from Edmonton to Surrey to transportation retired the killing.

None of the men were known to constabulary previously, Superintendent Mandeep Mooker, Officer successful Charge of the Integrated Homicide Investigation Team (IHIT), told reporters astatine the B.C. office of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) successful Surrey.

Later that day, RCMP Assistant Commissioner David Teboul said the probe included “investigating connections to the Government of India”, and was “certainly not constricted to the engagement of the radical arrested today”.

According to the RCMP, each 3 men had arrived successful Canada connected non-permanent visas implicit the past 3 to 5 years, and were residents of Edmonton.

Karan, who hails from Kotkapura successful Punjab, arrived successful Canada connected a pupil visa successful 2019, erstwhile helium was inactive successful his teens. Canadian media reported that Bow Valley College successful Calgary had said that 1 Karan Brar had enrolled successful 2020 for an eight-month people for a wellness attraction clerk, but could not accidental whether helium adjacent attended classes oregon completed the programme.

Kamalpreet too, arrived successful Edmonton successful 2019, wherever his sister lives. Karanpreet was his friend, and shared a location with him. Karan met the 2 astatine the wedding of Kamalpreet’s sister successful 2023.

FOUR DAYS LATER, connected May 7, the 3 men, wearing orangish jumpsuits, appeared earlier B.C. Provincial Court justice Delaram Jahani. The Provincial Court is the archetypal level of proceedings tribunal successful B.C., beneath the Supreme Court and the highest tribunal successful the province, the Court of Appeal.

Karan and Karanpreet agreed done their lawyers to marque a adjacent quality connected May 21. Kamalpreet sought ineligible representation, and different day was acceptable for him.

Karanpreet’s lawyer Jay Michi said the defence was opening to wade done a “massive wave” of disclosures from the Crown to find retired what could beryllium challenged successful court. He said the process would instrumentality time.

THE FOURTH SUSPECT, Amandeep Singh (22), was arrested successful Brampton, Ontario, connected May 11. The Globe and Mail reported that 3 weeks earlier Nijjar was shot, Amandeep was charged by Surrey RCMP with unsafe driving and fleeing police.

Court documents showed that Amandeep had signed an undertaking connected June 6, 2023, agreeing to look successful court. He had besides declared that helium did not person firearms.

Twelve days later, Amandeep allegedly opened occurrence connected Nijjar successful the parking batch of the B.C. gurdwara. As per tribunal filings, hours earlier the shooting, helium was seen successful the vicinity of the gurdwara, allegedly behaving erratically.

Amandeep archetypal appeared successful tribunal connected May 15, but the lawsuit was adjourned to May 21.

ON MAY 21, each 4 men appeared unneurotic earlier the Provincial Court for the archetypal time. Karan, Kamalpreet, and Karanpreet appeared successful person, portion Amandeep appeared by a video link. Judge Emmet Duncan spoke to the men done an interpreter and enactment them nether a “no-contact order”, which is simply a barroom connected establishing nonstop oregon indirect interaction with specified individuals.

The lawsuit was adjourned to June 25. On that day, the lawsuit was adjourned again to August 7.

ON AUGUST 7, defence lawyers appeared connected behalf of their accused clients via video connected Microsoft Teams, alongside Crown Prosecutor Louise Kenworthy, who requested different adjournment.

She informed the tribunal that the Crown had been moving to supply disclosure to the defendants, but the process was expected to instrumentality respective much months. Local media successful Surrey reported that Kenworthy said the defence had received “in the portion of astir 10,000 pages of disclosure”, and that the Crown hoped to disclose “about 10,000 much by the extremity of adjacent week”.

Local media reports said the voluminous quality of the tribunal filings indicated the RCMP had carried retired a broad investigation, and that a lengthy proceedings could follow.

Provincial Court justice Mark Jetté adjourned the substance to October 1. This was the 4th adjournment since May 15.

A FIFTH ADJOURNMENT came connected October 1, again connected the petition of Crown Prosecutor Kenworthy, who appeared successful idiosyncratic earlier Provincial Court justice Jodie Harris. The 4 defence lawyers appeared virtually earlier the court, the Surrey Now-Leader reported.

“We person not yet provided each the disclosure to my friends, and we are not astatine a constituent wherever I could accidental substantive disclosure has been completed,” Kenworthy said. “I volition counsel the tribunal that options are being considered for the transportation of the record to Superior Court. So those are the 2 matters unfolding, which is wherefore I’m asking for the agelong adjournment today.”

The justice adjourned the lawsuit to November 21. She agreed with Kenworthy’s petition to people the adjacent day arsenic a fixed day and not a bail hearing, “given this tribunal doesn’t person jurisdiction to find bail connected this matter”.