RCMP’s latest statement reframes Nijjar case

Police statement narrows attribution debate as Nijjar murder case proceeds in courts.

- ABHINANDAN MISHRA

Canada’s federal police have gone on record to say they currently see no evidentiary link between ongoing criminal activity on Canadian soil and the Government of India, a statement that narrows the attribution frame around the killing of Khalistani terrorist Hardeep Singh Nijjar even as the murder case against four Indian nationals accused in the case continues to move through the courts.

Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) Commissioner Mike Duheme, in an on-record interaction with Canadian media earlier this week, said there are “no current clandestine activities in Canada linked to the Government of India” and that investigators do not, at present, have evidence connecting active criminal operations to. foreign state. The formulation is explicitly time-bound and evidentiary, referring to what can be established now rather than offering a retrospective conclusion.