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In a high-profile move, the Canadian Prime Minister accuses the Indian government of the murder of a Canadian citizen. “In recent weeks, Canadian security services have been actively investigating credible allegations of a possible link between agents of the Indian government and the murder of Canadian citizen Hardeep Singh Nijjar,” Trudeau said in the Canadian parliament on Monday. Nijjar, a known supporter of an independent Sikh state on Indian soil, was shot dead outside a Sikh cultural center in Surrey, British Columbia, Canada, in June.

There are many people of Indian descent living in Canada. A particularly large number of them belong to the Sikh religious community. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi recently expressed his opposition to the so-called Khalistan movement, of which Nijjar was a member, on the sidelines of the G20 summit in New Delhi, without being directly mentioned by name. This promoted secessionism and incited violence against Indian diplomats, Modi said, according to his office.

“Every step must be taken to bring the perpetrators of this murder to justice,” Trudeau said. Ottawa has expressed its deep concerns to senior intelligence and security circles in the Indian government. He also spoke directly to Modi about the incident at the G20 summit. “I continue to urge the Indian government to work with Canada to get to the bottom of this matter,” Trudeau said. Canada’s Foreign Ministry has announced the expulsion of a senior Indian diplomat. (sda/dpa)