Looking to work constructively with Indian government: Trudeau on Nijjar killing
Hindustan TimesToronto/New Delhi: Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has said his country is looking to work with India to get to the bottom of the killing of pro-Khalistan activist Hardeep Singh Nijjar, prompting New Delhi to say on Thursday that it has not received any concrete information on the case from Ottawa. File Photo India-Canada relations cratered last year after Trudeau alleged there was a potential link between Indian government agents and the killing of Nijjar, who was gunned down outside a gurdwara in Surrey last June. When external affairs ministry spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal was asked about Trudeau’s remarks at a weekly media briefing, he said there was “nothing new” in Canada’s position. He added, “The credible allegations that agents of the Indian government were involved in is something that we did not declare lightly.” More than nine months have passed since a probe into Nijjar’s killing was undertaken by an Integrated Homicide Investigation Team in Canada but no arrests have been announced and no proof has emerged as yet.