All four accused arrested in Nijjar murder case in Canada.
The talk of getting bail to four Indian accused arrested in the case of murder of terrorist Hardeep Singh Nijjar in Canada in 2023 has turned out to be wrong. Canada’s largest news agency CBC News has claimed that all the news published by Indian media organizations
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Four Indian nationals accused of the murder of Sikh Canadian Hardeep Singh Nijjar in June 2023 have been released from custody after the case against them ended, CBC News reported on Thursday, as claimed by multiple media outlets in India. . In the news, CBC claimed this by naming many Indian news agencies.
It was further said that these reports are false. None of Nijjar’s accused have been released from custody. Ann Seymour of the BC Prosecution Service is quoted by CBC News as claiming that it is not true that the four accused have been released on bail. All four accused are in custody and will still remain in custody. The next court appearance is a pretrial conference on February 11 and they will also appear in court on February 12.
News published by CBC News. In which it has been claimed that the said accused have not been granted bail.
News agency strongly criticized Indian media
In the news published by CBC News, the Government of India was criticized by taking the name of PM Modi. Indian media organizations were also criticized. CBC News wrote- Critics of Narendra Modi government damaged the standards of journalism and freedom of the press.
CBC further wrote – The country has seen the rise of an aggressively partisan dock media. CBC further wrote – Some outlets carrying false claims about accused Nijjar fit the Godi media profile, but others do not.
This is how Hardeep Singh was murdered
Nijjar was shot by two unidentified gunmen near the Gurunanak Sikh Gurdwara in Surrey, British Columbia, Canada. Nijjar was also the head of this Gurudwara. He was in his car in the parking lot outside the Gurudwara. Meanwhile, two youths came on a motorcycle and started firing.
Nijjar did not get time to get out of the car and died there. After this, Canadian police arrested four Punjabi youth in this case, although Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau accused Indian agents of killing Nijjar. After which diplomatic relations between the two countries have soured. However, now after the accused got bail, questions are being raised on the government.
Was the chief of Khalistan Tiger Force
Hardeep Nijjar was the chief of Khalistan Tiger Force (KTF). NIA had recently released a list of 40 terrorists, Nijjar’s name was also included in it. He also had a role in conducting a referendum in favor of Khalistan in Brampton city. Nijjar was included in the list of most wanted terrorists of Indian agencies. His name had appeared in many cases of violence and crime in India. After which he was put in the list of wanted terrorist.
The priest was attacked on 31 January 2021
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) had filed a chargesheet against four people, including Nijjar, in connection with the conspiracy to murder Hindu priest Kamaldeep Sharma in Jalandhar on January 31, 2021. The three other people chargesheeted in the case are Kamaljeet Sharma and Ram Singh, who attacked the priest on the instructions of Nijjar and his associate Arshdeep Singh alias Prabha.
Lookout notice was issued on 23 January 2015
The police had issued a lookout notice on January 23, 2015, and a red corner notice on March 14, 2016, against Nijjar. In which his extradition was being demanded. Nijjar was designated as an individual terrorist by the Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) in July 2020.
The NIA said Nijjar was actively involved in recruiting, training, financing and operating a pro-Khalistan terrorist module to spread terror in India. He was involved in giving inflammatory and hate speeches through social media platforms.
In another case, the NIA had attached Nijjar’s property in his village in Punjab. Whose posters are still visible outside his house. A reward of Rs 10 lakh was announced against Nijjar in Canada. Nijjar was accused of murdering Ripudaman Singh Malik, who was acquitted in the 1985 Air India terrorist bombing case in Surrey last year.
