Hardeep Singh Nijjar was accused of finishing up terrorist assaults in India.
On Monday, Canada accused the Indian involvement within the killing of Khalistani terrorist Hardeep Singh Nijjar final June and expelled an Indian diplomat in Ottawa in retaliation.
Listed here are 5 factors on Hardeep Singh Nijjar:
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Hardeep Singh Nijjar was gunned down on June 18, 2023, in Canada. He was shot a number of instances outdoors a Gurudwara in Surrey.
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Nijjar was a local of the village Bhar Singh Pura in Jalandhar. He moved from Punjab to Canada in 1997 and labored as a plumber. He was married and had two sons.
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He had an extended tryst with Khalistan militancy since migrating to Canada. He was the “mastermind” of the Khalistan Tiger Force (KTF) – a banned terrorist group. He was additionally a part of the banned separatist outfit Sikhs for Justice (SFJ). He was declared a chosen terrorist by India in 2020.
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Nijjar was needed in a number of instances, together with the 2007 blast that killed six and injured round 40 folks in Ludhiana, Punjab. He was additionally concerned within the assassination of Rashtriya Sikh Sangat President Rulda Singh (Patiala, 2009).
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Final July, the Nationwide Investigation Company (NIA) had introduced a money reward of Rs 10 lakh on Nijjar in reference to the homicide of a Hindu priest in Jalandhar, Punjab. It is usually probing the current assaults on Indian diplomatic missions in Canada, UK and US.