Canadian police have accused the Indian government of working with a criminal network run by one of India’s most notorious gangsters, Lawrence Bishnoi, to carry out targeted killings of dissidents in
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diplomatic row broke out between India and Canada on Monday after Canadian police accused Indian diplomats of “criminal” activities in the country, including extortion, intimidation, coercion and harassment, and involvement in targeted killings of Canadian citizens.
Canadian police said they had uncovered evidence that implicated India’s top diplomat, Sanjay Verma, in the killing of Hardeep Singh Nijjar, a Sikh activist who was gunned down outside a gurdwara in a suburb of Vancouver in June last year.
Canada’s foreign minister, Mélanie Joly, also tied five other expelled Indian officials to Nijjar’s assassination and said Canada had gathered “ample, clear and concrete evidence that identified six individuals as persons of interest in the Nijjar case”.
The US on Tuesday echoed calls for India to cooperate with Canada’s investigation.
Modi government agents alleged to have collaborated with syndicate run by mob boss Lawrence Bishnoi
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