A photo of murdered Sikh independence leader Hardeep Singh Nijjar is carried during a protest outside the Indian consulate in Vancouver on June 24, 2023.Photo by Jason Payne/Postmedia/File

Ottawa's allegation that home minister ordered targeting of Sikh activists in Canada is 'absurd': India

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said last year there were credible allegations the Indian government had links to the assassination of Sikh activist Hardeep Singh Nijjar in Canada

· National Post

NEW DELHI (AP) — India officially protested on Saturday the Canadian government’s allegation that the country’s powerful home minister Amit Shah had ordered the targeting of Sikh activists inside Canada, calling it “absurd and baseless.”

Relations between the two countries soured after Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said last year there were credible allegations the Indian government had links to the assassination of Sikh activist Hardeep Singh Nijjar in Canada. India has vehemently rejected the accusation.

U.S. charges against Indian government employee for assassination plot shows ties to Nijjar slayingOTTAWA — A newly unsealed indictment into charges filed by the U.S. Justice Department against a government of India employee for allegedly planning to assassinate a Sikh activist in New York City reveals multiple ties between the foiled plot and the murder of Hardeep Singh Nijjar in British Columbia.Stephanie Taylor and Christopher Nardi, 17 Oct 2024