India and Canada are now embroiled in a diplomatic dispute over Nijjar’s assassination. India provided the Canadian government with information about all of separatist leader Hardeep Sing Nijjar’s terrorist activities and how he fled to Canada in 1997, but Canada did nothing. According to reports quoted by news agency PTI, Nijjar asked for asylum in Canada and that he was afraid of being persecuted in India since he belonged to “a particular social group.” However, Nijjar’s request for refuge was turned down because of a made-up tale. In 1997, Nijjar entered Canada under the guise of Ravi Sharma while using a fraudulent passport.
After his application for asylum was turned down, Nijjar entered into a “marriage” arrangement with a lady who sponsored his immigration. This occurred just 11 days after his original asylum request was turned down. Canada also rejected this marriage request since the lady had visited the nation in 1997 under the sponsorship of a different spouse. “Nijjar contested the ruling in Canadian courts while continuously claiming Canadian citizenship. According to the inquiry, it is unknown why he subsequently got Canadian citizenship, according to the newspaper.
Nijjar was issued a Red Corner Notice by Interpol in November 2014. Nijjar was accused of committing more than a dozen killings and other terrorist charges in India. The incidents were disclosed to the Canadian authorities, but nothing was done. Even after the RCN, the Canadian government did little more than put Nijjar on a no-fly list.
Nijjar was killed on June 18 of this year at a gurdwara parking lot in British Columbia. India rejected the claim made by Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau that it was involved in the murder and looked for evidence to publicly counter Canada’s claim. As a consequence, there is now a diplomatic crisis, and Canada asserts that human and signal intelligence backs up its assertions. The information includes communications with Indian officials, including Indian diplomats posted in Canada, according to a CBC report. It went on to say that an undisclosed Five Eyes alliance partner contributed some of the information. The Five Eyes intelligence-sharing organization is made up of the US, the UK, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand.