Indian Excessive Commissioner to Canada, Sanjay Kumar Verma
The Indian Excessive Commissioner to Canada Sanjay Kumar Verma advised Canadian broadcaster CTV that India was “convicted” even earlier than the investigation into the dying of Hardeep Singh Nijjar, the Khalistani terrorist who was murdered by unknown miscreants in Canada’s Surrey. Canada has accused India of taking part in a task within the dying of Nijjar, an allegation India has denied.
The Indian envoy additionally stated that New Delhi would look into something “very specific and relevant” communicated to them to again up Justin Trudeau’s allegations. He urged Canada to launch proof to again up its allegation in reference to the killing.
In an interview with CTV information channel, the excessive commissioner was requested concerning the allegations raised by Canadian Prime Minister Trudeau of attainable Indian authorities involvement in Nijjar’s killing.
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Responding to this, Verma stated, “There are two factors on that. One is that, even with out the investigation being concluded, India was convicted. Is {that a} rule of regulation?
“On being asked “how was India convicted”, the excessive commissioner stated, “Because India was asked to cooperate and if you look at the typical criminal terminology, when someone asks to cooperate, it means you have already been convicted and you better cooperate”.
“So, we took it in a very different interpretation. But, we have always said that if there is anything very specific and relevant, and communicated to us. We will look into it,” the Indian envoy added.
Ties between India and Canada have been strained after Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau made allegations of Indian involvement within the homicide of Khalistani terrorist Hardeep Singh Nijjar on Canadian soil earlier this yr. Nijjar was shot useless outdoors Gurdwara in Canada’s Surrey on June 18.
India had rejected the allegations and known as them “absurd and motivated” and expelled a Canadian diplomat in a tit-for-tat transfer after Ottawa requested a senior Indian diplomat to depart. Notably, Canada has not been in a position to current any proof to again its claims over the killing, in keeping with the Ministry of Exterior Affairs.
Earlier this week, India resumed the digital visa companies for eligible Canadian residents with impact from November 22, 2023. This got here after India determined to renew visa companies in Canada for 4 classes after a thought-about overview of the safety state of affairs final month.I
In October, Canada pulled out 41 diplomats from India and likewise halted its visa and consular companies in Chandigarh, Mumbai, and Bengaluru consulates within the wake of the Union authorities’s resolution to strip them of their immunity. This got here after New Delhi conveyed its considerations to Ottawa over the disproportionate variety of diplomats in India and sought a ‘parity’ in diplomatic power.
With inputs from ANI.