India just isn’t cooperating with Canada in its investigation into the homicide of Khalistani terrorist Hardeep Singh Nijjar final 12 months, america stated on Tuesday. State Division spokesman Matthew Miller’s remark comes amid a deepening diplomatic row between Delhi and Ottawa.
India has strongly rejected Canada’s declare that it had shared credible proof of Indian involvement within the Nijjar case. India has known as the allegations “absurd”, accusing Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau of pandering to Canada’s massive Sikh group for political achieve.
“So far as the Canadian matter is anxious, we have now made it clear that the allegations are extraordinarily critical and have to be taken critically. We needed the federal government of India to cooperate with Canada in its investigation. Clearly, they haven’t chosen that path,” stated the State Division spokesman Matthew Miller.
Hardeep Singh Nijjar was murdered in Surrey in June final 12 months and Prime Minister Trudeau accused India of being complicit in his homicide.
Rejecting the allegations, India not solely recalled its Excessive Commissioner from Canada but additionally expelled six of its diplomats from New Delhi.
“Prime Minister Trudeau’s hostility in the direction of India has lengthy been evident. In 2018, his go to to India, aimed toward currying favor with a vote financial institution, resonated with him. His cupboard has included individuals who have brazenly related themselves with an extremist group and separatist agenda vis-Ã -vis India. “His open interference in Indian home politics in December 2020 demonstrated how far he was prepared to go on this regard,” the Ministry of Exterior Affairs stated.
New Zealand additionally weighed in on Canada’s accusations towards India, turning into the second ‘5 Eyes’ nation to touch upon the continuing Nijjar homicide dispute between the 2 nations.