Washington:
The killing of Khalistani terrorist Hardeep Singh Nijjar stays an “energetic and ongoing investigation”, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) have stated.
Nijjar, the chief of the banned Khalistan Tiger Pressure (KTF), was killed in Surrey, British Columbia on June 18. India had designated Nijjar as a terrorist in 2020.
The killing of Nijjar, 45, is being investigated by the Built-in Murder Investigation Workforce (IHIT) of RCMP.
“We’re conscious of experiences being made concerning the murder of Hardeep Singh Nijjar. As this stays an energetic and ongoing investigation, I am unable to touch upon particular proof collected by IHIT,” IHIT spokesperson Sergeant Timothy Pierotti informed PTI on Thursday.
In the meantime, the Guru Nanak Sikh Gurdwara Sahib in Surrey, British Columbia the place Nijjar was killed has launched an investigation into how The Washington Submit newspaper was capable of view safety digital camera footage of the June killing.
“We have been informed by the temple that the video is just not for the media, the general public as a result of it is an ongoing investigation. That video will not be launched to anybody. It is an ongoing investigation,” Gurkeerat Singh, a spokesman for the gurdwara, informed Canada’s nationwide information company The Canadian Press.
Mr Singh, nonetheless, stated he has seen the video a number of instances.
“It wasn’t one thing accomplished randomly. These individuals are watching the motion of Hardeep Singh for some time they usually know the route he goes and the way he exits the gurdwara,” he stated.
Mr Pierotti informed the native weekly newspaper Surrey Now-Chief that police had accomplished a “fulsome canvass of the realm,” following the proof and are gathering all related video footage.
Nijjar’s son Balraj Nijjar informed the native each day that his father had common conferences with Canadian Safety Intelligence Service officers “a couple of times per week,” together with one or two days earlier than the June 18 killing, with one other assembly scheduled for 2 days later.
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has alleged that the Indian authorities was behind the killing of Nijjar on June 18. India has rejected the allegations as “absurd” and “motivated”.
Individually, the Vancouver Solar newspaper on Thursday reported {that a} man had been arrested for vandalising two giant Hindu temples in Surrey.
“The suspect and his accomplices are accused of plastering the Hindu locations of worship with yellow-red posters.
“The posters name for a separate Sikh homeland in India and declare that Indian diplomats in Canada are ‘wished’ for the June 18 ‘assassination’ of Khalistani activist Hardeep Singh Nijjar,” the each day reported.
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