Canadian PM Justin Trudeau to use RCMP and Interference Commission to indict India in Hardeep Singh Nijjar murder case

After the Indian government withdrew its High Commissioner and five other diplomats from Canada for linking them to the murder of Sikh separatist leader Hardeep Singh Nijjar case and alleging a broader conspiracy to target Indian dissidents in Canada, the Justin Trudeau government is all set to nail India in the Foreign Interference Commission (FIC) and indict it in the murder case.

Trudeau is slated to appear before the Commission on Oct 16, a day after the Safety Minister deposed before the Commission.

Observers were quoted as saying that for his political survival, Trudeau will use Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) and the FIC to nail India in the Nijjar case.

“If it was such an open and shut case on Nijjar as Justin Trudeau has been stating, then why has the investigating agency, RCMP, not filed a chargesheet till date? Why has the Canadian government not shared any evidence linking Indian agents with murder of the Khalistan Tiger Force terrorist,” a top diplomat was quoted as saying.

Apparently, in pursuit of Khalistani votes in Canada, Trudeau will use the statements of counsel for proscribed Sikhs for Justice (SFJ) — a United States based secessionist group advocating for the creation of Khalistan— to Foreign Interference Commission to indict India as inquiry did not allow any counter-view organization to join the public hearing.

“It is a one-sided inquiry….a sham….and the whole idea is to defame India and its government,” a top security official was quoted as saying recently.

India-Canada relations have been tense since September 2023 when Trudeau said Canada had credible evidence to link Indian agents to the murder of Sikh terrorist leader Nijjar on Canadian soil earlier that year.

Nijjar supported a Sikh homeland in the form of an independent Khalistani state and was designated by India as a “terrorist” in July 2020. India has repeatedly denied the allegation that its agents killed him, challenging Canada to share evidence to back its claim.

Meanwhile, to avoid harassment by pro-Khalistani elements backed by the Canadian government led by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, six Indian diplomats headed by High Commissioner Sanjay Kumar Verma have started packing their bags and will reach India by Oct 19 afternoon through different flights and discreet flights itineraries.

Canada expelled six Indian diplomats including the high commissioner on Oct 14, linking them to the murder of a Sikh separatist leader Hardeep Singh Nijjar and alleging a broader conspiracy to target Indian dissidents in Canada.

India retaliated the same day by ordering the expulsion of six high-ranking Canadian diplomats including the acting high commissioner and said it had withdrawn its envoy from Canada, contradicting Canada's statement of expulsion.

Earlier, India ordered an explusion of Ottawa’s acting High Commissioner Stewart Wheeler, his deputy and four first secretaries, asking them to leave before midnight on Oct 13.

While Canadian government has violated the unwritten convention of not targeting diplomats through criminal cases, Trudeau is expected to side with pro-Khalistani New Democratic Party (NDP) led by Jagmeet Singh and use his political line of targeting Canadian Hindus because they are opposed to both Sikhs as well as Muslim for his survival.

Trudeau is also expected to seek support from other Canadian political parties to target India for the murder of Nijjar in June last year.

With an eye towards his radical Sikh supporters, Trudeau has also sought the support of the Anglo-Saxon West by briefing the Five Eyes Alliance on the diplomatic war with India.

Meanwhile, Pakistan and its deep state are working through the National Council of Canadian Muslims to further worsen India and Canadian ties.

Indian diplomatic representation in Canada will now be reduced to nine, while Canadian representation will still have 15 diplomats in India after six diplomats were expelled by the Narendra Modi-led government recently.

When India and Canada's ties were not impacted by the politics of Trudeau, India used to have 12 resident diplomats in Ottawa and 62 resident Canadian diplomats in Delhi.

While RCMP has not even filed a chargesheet in the Nijjar murder case, Trudeau for his extremist Sikh vote declared India guilty Sep 18 last year in the Canadian Parliament.

It is understood that the next move will be to make one of the four arrested Sikh youth for the murder of Nijjar turn approver and use his statement before RCMP to indict India.

As all of the arrested are either Canadian citizens or asylum seekers, they will be more than satisfied to indict India in the court with no Indian legal representation.

Meanwhile, the United States has asked India to cooperate with Canada's investigation into "extremely serious allegations" linking "agents" of the Indian government with the killing of Nijjar.

State Department spokesperson Matthew Miller on Oct 15 said that Canada's allegation needs to be taken seriously.

"When it comes to the Canadian matter, we have made clear the allegations are extremely serious. We wanted to see the Government of India cooperate with Canada... obviously they have not chosen that path," Miller said in response to a question on 'round two' of the Delhi-Ottawa crisis.

The US has remained neutral since the diplomatic row first began in September last year, while only emphasizing that both countries must cooperate with each other.

"I do not have any further comment beyond what the two countries have said publicly. We have urged them to cooperate and will continue to urge them to do so," Miller said.

New Delhi has repeatedly and outrightly rejected the "absurd" and "motivated" allegations.