Relations between Ottawa and New Delhi soured after the death of a Sikh independence activist
Canada may have received evidence from ‘Five Eyes’ allies that India was behind the killing of a Sikh separatist leader on Canadian soil, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has told a commission of inquiry.
Earlier this week, Trudeau accused India of carrying out a campaign of violence against Sikhs on Canadian soil, as well as assassinating the Khalistan independence movement head in British Columbia last year.
“I was apprised by my intelligence services that there was credible intelligence that agents of the government of India were involved in the killing of Hardeep Singh Nijjar,” Trudeau told the Hogue Commission on Wednesday.
The commission was set up by Ottawa to investigate “foreign interference in federal electoral processes and democratic institutions,” focusing primarily on China and Russia.
“We actually asked intelligence agencies, and it…