Khalistani terrorists with Canada links on NIA radar

Agencies list separatists, gangsters amid row over Nijjar killing

- MUKESH RANJAN

AMID a diplomatic row between New Delhi and Ottawa, intelligence and investigative agencies have prepared a list of pro-Khalistan terrorists and gangsters living in Canada or having links with them, officials said. These terrorists and gangsters are wanted by the National Investigation Agency.

The ties between India and Canada witnessed an all-time low after Ottawa accused New Delhi's involvement in the killing of Khalistan separatist Hardeep Singh Nijjar in June last year. But New Delhi took a serious objection to the allegations that Indian agents were involved in the murder, calling them as "baseless".

Nijjar was shot dead outside a gurdwara in Surrey, British Columbia, on the evening of June 18, 2023. He was designated a terrorist by NIA in 2020.