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No evidence via ‘Op. Hard Ball’ investigation links Indian Govt. to Nijjar killing: Canada Police
Investigators have found no evidence, through the latest ‘Operation Hard Ball’, linking Indian government officials to the 2023 killing of Sikh separatist Hardeep Singh Nijjar in Canada, a senior Canadian police official said, contradicting previous allegations by the then Prime Minister Justin Trudeau that severely strained bilateral ties. The remarks by Lisa Moreland, the Deputy Commissioner of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP), came hours after the U.S.
Under a coordinated hunt named 'Operation Hardball', the law enforcement agencies of the U.S., Canada and Europe arrested 24 people for their alleged links to three India-based organised crime groups, including the Bishnoi gang.
The charges against them included orchestrating Nijjar's murder as well as various other cross-border organised crime.
Sharing details of the probe, Ms. Moreland told Canada's CBC News that the investigators found no evidence that Indian officials were involved in Nijjar's killing.
"There's no evidence to suggest through this organised crime investigation and the charges and the indictment laid forward that Indian officials were charged or involved," she said, responding to a specific question on Trudeau's charges.
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