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Justin Trudeau calls on Indian authorities to cooperate with probe into Hardeep Singh Nijjar’s killing in Canada in June.

Canada’s prime minister has stated Canadian safety companies are investigating “credible allegations of a possible hyperlink” between Indian authorities brokers and the killing of a outstanding Sikh-Canadian activist earlier this 12 months.

Talking in Parliament on Monday afternoon, Justin Trudeau stated he personally conveyed his nation’s “deep considerations” to his Indian counterpart, Narendra Modi, on the Group of 20 summit in New Delhi earlier this month.

Hardeep Singh Nijjar was fatally shot on June 18 outdoors a Sikh temple in Surrey, a metropolis in Canada’s westernmost province of British Columbia.

“Any involvement of a overseas authorities within the killing of a Canadian citizen on Canadian soil is an unacceptable violation of our sovereignty,” Trudeau stated on Monday.

“Within the strongest doable phrases, I proceed to induce the federal government of India to cooperate with Canada to unravel this matter.”

The Excessive Fee of India within the Canadian capital Ottawa didn’t instantly return Al Jazeera’s request for touch upon the allegations.

The Globe and Mail newspaper first reported on Monday that Canadian nationwide safety authorities have “what they contemplate credible intelligence that India was behind” the killing of Nijjar.

Sources that spoke to the Canadian information outlet didn’t say how they made that dedication.

“The Canadian authorities has privately dominated out severing diplomatic relations with New Delhi however is contemplating measures to answer what it considers a critical violation of Canadian sovereignty,” the newspaper reported, citing unnamed sources.

Monday’s accusations come amid already strained relations between Ottawa and New Delhi, which have been examined over a spread of points together with a stalled commerce deal and Sikh activism in Canada extra broadly.

Modi, the Indian prime minister, expressed “robust considerations” about Sikh protests in Canada throughout his talks with Trudeau on the sidelines of the G20, the Indian authorities stated in an announcement after the discussions.

“They’re selling secessionism and inciting violence towards Indian diplomats, damaging diplomatic premises, and threatening the Indian group in Canada and their locations of worship,” the assertion stated.

Based on the Globe and Mail and different media reviews, Nijjar was designated as a “terrorist” by the Indian authorities.

“India’s counter-terrorism Nationwide Investigation Company (NIA) has alleged he conspired to kill a Hindu priest in Punjab and in 2022 it introduced a reward equal to $16,200 for data resulting in his arrest,” the Canadian newspaper stated on Monday.

The activist was additionally concerned with a bunch referred to as “Sikhs for Justice”, CBC Information has reported. The organisation pushes for an impartial Sikh state in India, a name the Indian authorities have rejected outright.

Canadian lawmakers from throughout the political spectrum have been fast to denounce India on Monday for its potential position within the activist’s killing.

Pierre Poilievre, the chief of the opposition Conservative Social gathering, stated within the Home of Commons that if if the allegations are true, they might symbolize an “outrageous affront” to Canadian sovereignty.

“Canadians need to be protected on Canadian soil,” Poilievre stated. “We name on the Indian authorities to behave with utmost transparency as authorities examine this homicide as a result of the reality should come out.”

Canadian police proceed to research Nijjar’s killing, with the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) saying final month that that they had recognized a car believed to have been concerned within the incident. Authorities say they’re in search of three suspects.