Hardeep Singh Nijjar: Canada Police Says Probe Into Khalistani Terrorist's Killing 'Ongoing'

India-Canada Tensions: Amid ongoing diplomatic row between the two nations, Canadian police said the investigation over the murder of Khalistani terrorist Hardeep Singh Nijjar is active. "We are aware of reports being made regarding the homicide of Hardeep Singh Nijjar. As this remains an active and ongoing investigation, I'm unable to comment on specific evidence collected by IHIT," Integrated Homicide Investigation Team (IHIT) spokesperson Sergeant Timothy Pierotti said on Thursday as quoted by news agency PTI.

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Hardeep Singh Nijjar Killing: A pro- Khalistani terrorist was gunned down in the parking lot of a gurdwara in Surrey, British Columbia on June 18. In a fresh development, a friend of Nijjar said that the slain leader was being tracked before his killing. "A couple of weeks before his death, he had come home to say there was a tracking device on the bottom wheel well of his vehicle," CTV has quoted Moninder Singh, a spokesperson for the British Columbia Gurdwaras Council, as saying.

Nijjar Killing: Guru Nanak Sikh Gurdwara Sahib Probes Camera Footage

An investigation has been launched by the Guru Nanak Sikh Gurdwara Sahib in Surrey, British Columbia, where Nijjar was killed, into how The Washington Post was able to access security camera footage of the June killing.

"We've been told by the temple that the video is not for the media, the public because it's an ongoing investigation. That video won't be released to anyone. It's an ongoing investigation," Gurkeerat Singh, a spokesman for the gurdwara said. "It wasn't something done randomly. These people are watching the movement of Hardeep Singh for a while and they know the direction he goes and how he exits the gurdwara," he added.

India-Canada Row: Canada's Accusations Against India

After Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau recently accused Indian government agents of killing a Khalistani terrorist in June in British Columbia, the murder of Hardeep Singh Nijjar gained attention. Trudeau claimed that his government had credible evidence linking the murder of Nijjar to Indian agents. India, however, rejected the allegations and called them "absurd" and "motivated".

(With Inputs From Agencies)