Four people from India who are accused of killing a Sikh activist from British Columbia named Hardeep Singh Nijjar, will all be appearing in court on Tuesday.
Twenty-two-year-old Amandeep Singh appeared in a Surrey, B.C court last week through a video call for the first time, and the case has been moved to today.
Singh was accused of planning and carrying out a serious crime, and of working with others to do the same. This happened earlier this month while he was already in jail for different charges related to guns.
Karan Brar, Kamalpreet Singh and Karanpreet Singh were arrested in Edmonton and now they are going to court in Surrey. They are facing the same charges.
Nijjar played an important role in helping Sikhs living abroad vote for an independent Sikh state in India. He was shot and killed in the parking lot of the temple in Surrey where he was president in June 2023.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said that there is believable information connecting Nijjar‘s death to the Indian government, but India says they were not involved.
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4 Indian nationals to appear in court after being accused of killing Sikh activist in British Columbia
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Three detained by police over the murder of Sikh activist Hardeep Singh Nijjar
Three people were taken by the police and accused of killing BC Sikh activist Hardeep Singh Nijjar.
Legal papers say that Karanpreet Singh, Kamalpreet Singh and Karan Brar are each accused of first-degree murder and conspiracy to commit murder in Nijjar’s death.
Nijjar, who was 45 years old, was shot and killed outside his place of worship in Surrey, BC, on June 18, 2023.
The charges on Friday say that the plan happened in Surrey and Edmonton between May 1, 2023, and the day Nijjar was killed.
The BC RCMP and the Integrated Homicide Investigation Team will give an update on the case at 12:30 p.m. PT on Friday.
The murder caused a big problem between Canada and India. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said that Canada’s intelligence services are looking into a possible connection between India’s government and the murder.
Nijjar was the leader of a Sikh temple called Guru Nanak Sikh Gurdwara. He was killed by two masked gunmen in the middle of the day.
He is a strong supporter of the Khalistan movement, which wants a separate Sikh homeland in Punjab, India. Because of this, he is wanted in India and in 2020, the authorities called him a terrorist.
When he died, he was planning a vote on Khalistan for Sikhs living outside of India in British Columbia with a group called Sikhs For Justice.