Mr. Nijjar was a self-proclaimed “Sikh nationalist who believes in and supports Sikhs’ right to self-determination and independence of Indian-occupied Punjab through a future referendum,” according to an open letter he wrote to the Canadian government in 2016.
The Indian government declared Mr. Nijjar a terrorist in 2020, decades after he left India.
It accused him of plotting a violent attack in India and leading a terrorist group called the Khalistan Tiger Force.
Mr. Nijjar was shot in June near the Sikh temple that he led.
On Monday, the Canadian prime minister told lawmakers that “agents of the government of India” had been linked to Mr. Nijjar’s killing on Canadian soil.
Persons:
Nijjar, India ”, Nijjar’s
Organizations:
British Columbia, Khalistan Tiger Force, Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Locations:
Punjab, British, Canada, Punjab State, India