Canada says India is no longer linked to alleged violent crimes: Reports
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The Canadian government believes that India is no longer linked to alleged violent crimes in Canada, Global News quoted an unidentified senior official in Ottawa as saying on Wednesday.
The comment came ahead of Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney’s visit to India on Friday.
The official, who did not want to be identified, said that there had been “very robust diplomatic engagement” between the two countries, including discussions between the national security advisers, and that Ottawa was confident that the alleged activity was “not continuing”, The Toronto Star reported.
“I really don’t think we’d be taking this trip if we thought these kind[s] of activities would continue,” he said.
Carney’s visit comes amid a thaw in diplomatic relations between India and Canada.
The relations had deteriorated sharply in 2023 after Justin Trudeau, the Canadian prime minister at the time, told his country’s Parliament that intelligence agencies were actively pursuing “credible allegations” tying agents of the Indian government to the murder of Khalistani separatist Hardeep Singh Nijjar in Canada.
Nijjar was a supporter of Khalistan, an independent Sikh nation sought by some groups. He was the head of the Khalistan Tiger Force, which is designated a terrorist outfit in India.
New Delhi has rejected Canada’s allegations.
Four Indian citizens are facing trial in Canada in connection with Nijjar’s murder. They face charges of first-degree murder and conspiracy to commit...