Probe ongoing, not limited to 3 people: Trudeau on arrests linked to Nijjar killing

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Sunday that the investigation into the killing of India-designated terrorist Hardeep Singh Nijjar is "not limited" to the arrest of three Indian nationals and is ongoing.Trudeau said that it is important because "Canada is a rule-of-law country".The Canada PM's remarks came days after three Indian nationals were arrested for their alleged involvement in the killing of Nijjar.The Canadian police on Saturday released photographs of all three persons arrested in the last year's killing of Nijjar amid an ongoing probe into the alleged connections of the Indian government.The police have not given any evidence of any link to India, as was being speculated in Canadian media. As the RCMP stated, the investigation remains ongoing, as does a separate and distinct investigation, not limited to the involvement of the three people arrested yesterday," he said.He highlighted Canada's status as a rule-of-law country with a robust and independent justice system. He said he saw reports that three people have been arrested, and, the Canadian police have conducted 'some investigation'.Nijjar, who was designated a terrorist by India's National Investigation Agency in 2020, was shot and killed as he came out of a Gurdwara in Surrey in June last year.On June 18, 2023, the Surrey RCMP received a report of a shooting at the Guru Nanak Sikh Gurdwara in Surrey. It has continued to work closely with a number of partner agencies and support services across Canada, as far east as Ontario, including the Surrey RCMP, the Alberta RCMP and other Lower Mainland Integrated Teams.Nijjar's killing triggered diplomatic tensions between Canada and India after Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau accused India of being involved in the killing -- a claim that India has rejected as "absurd.