NEW DELHI: Canadian police on Friday arrested three
Indians
who it alleged were part of a
hit squad
tasked by Indian govt with the killing of Canadian citizen and pro-Khalistan separatist
Hardeep Singh
Nijjar in Surrey last year, according to a media report.
The trio have been charged in the killing of Nijjar, CTV News quoted a senior govt source as saying.
The accused —Kamalpreet Singh, Karanpreet Singh and Karan Brar— faced first-degree murder and conspiracy charges in the
Nijjar
case, according to documents filed in a Surrey court.
Canadian media reported that the accused were arrested in operations in two provinces – Alberta and Ontario.
The three arrested men are Indian citizens who arrived in
Canada
on temporary visas after 2021, some of them on student visas.
“None is believed to have pursued education in Canada. None has obtained permanent residency. All are alleged associates of a criminal group in Punjab & Haryana that is associated with Punjabi Lawrence Bishnoi,” CBC News reported.
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