Hardeep Singh Nijjar was shot dead in Canada in June
New Delhi:
Emboldened by their “rising influence” in Canada, pro-Khalistani extremists (PKE) have begun openly intimidating Hindu minorities there. Many cases of temples being damaged have been reported, people with direct knowledge of the matter said.
“The overt threats by Khalistanis to the physical security of Indian missions and diplomats in Canada are a very serious development and pose a challenge to Canada’s obligations under the Vienna Convention,” said a senior government official who is closely monitoring the situation and asks for anonymity.
It appears there are different scales to measure human rights, the officer said.
“The voices from Canada are very strong on even trivial issues in Punjab, while there is complete silence on intimidation, violence, drug trafficking and extortion by PKEs based in Canada affecting both countries,” the officer added.
All these issues were discussed today at a high-level meeting of intelligence agencies, people familiar with the matter said.
Issues discussed included the soft actions of Khalistanis, which saw moderate and pro-Indian Sikhs driven out of all major gurdwaras in Canada by the muscle and money power of the PKEs.
Files maintained by the intelligence services show that Punjab today suffers greatly from extortion from Canada.
Canada-based gangsters bring drugs from Pakistan via drones and sell them across Punjab. Some of this money goes back to Khalistani extremists in Canada.
“Over a number of years, Khalistani extremists were further emboldened and began operating from Canada with impunity. Over the past decade, links of Canada-based Khalistani extremists have emerged in more than half of the terror cases reported from Punjab,” an intelligence report said. declared.
“Even in Canada, many Khalistanis are part of the drug trade. Gang rivalry between gangsters from Punjab is now common in Canada. It may be recalled that a pro-India Sikh leader Ripudaman Singh Malik was assassinated in Surrey itself in 2022. a murder that many say was orchestrated by Hardip Singh Nijjar,” the report said.
“But Canadian agencies showed no urgency in finding the real people behind it and unraveling the real conspiracy. Two local criminals who were not of Indian origin were charged alone in the case,” the report said.
According to the report, the targeted killings of Sikhs, Hindus and Christians in Punjab after 2016 were the work of Nijjar and his allies, but Canadian agencies never initiated an investigation against Nijjar and his friends Bhagat Singh Brar, Parry Dulai, Arsh Dalla, Lakbir. Landa and many others.
For Canada, they remain political activists despite the increasing number of deaths in Punjab, sources said.
“Khalistani extremists have been operating freely from Canadian soil for almost fifty years now, under the guise of ‘freedom of speech’, ‘political advocacy’, etc. The Kanishka bombing by Khalistani extremists in 1985 was one of the largest terrorist attacks in the world. the world in the era before September 11,” said another officer.
The officer said the lax approach by Canadian agencies led to Talwinder Singh Parmar and his group of Khalistani extremists going free. The same Talwinder Singh Parmar is now a hero of Khalistanis in Canada, with Sikhs For Justice naming its campaign center after him, the officer added.
