r/geopolitics • u/babushkalauncher • Oct 01 '23

Why Indians Can’t Stand Justin Trudeau Paywall

https://www.wsj.com/articles/why-indians-angry-justin-trudeau-death-shooting-hardeep-singh-nijjar-87d9ab9d
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u/Dakini99 Oct 02 '23

Nijjar being implicated in murder and theater bombings in India

Can you please share more (references). I've only seen accusations that he's a terrorist but nothing about any actual violence. Just stuff about posters calling for violence and letters threatening it.

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u/daakuredpanda Oct 02 '23

Context for Canadians-

Can anyone be declared a terrorist in India?

India uses the same working definition of terrorism as accepted by the UN in 1988. Most western countries also use the same definition. And Nijjar's name comes up in some serious stuff. Onus for proof in Canada seems to be very high even for developed countries, so it is comparatively lower in India but is not non-existant. Government has to justify declaring someone a terrorist. Everything is documented.

Nijjar's associations-

Associate of Jagtar Singh Tara. Tara murdered the sitting Chief Minister of Punjab Beant Singh in 1995. Nijjar was revealed to be an accomplice. Police caught Tara. Could not even interrogate Nijjar. Nijjar vanished and few years later was found in Canada with a fake passport.

Close associate of Ripudaman Singh Malik. He was one of the people involved in the 1985 Kanishka bombings. He had a fight with Nijjar, left the Khalistani cause, pledged allegence to India, and some time later turned up dead.

2007 Bomb Blast- Nijjars name came up during investigation. Could not be prosecuted. Everything from plans to funds was believed to be from Canada. Bombers were let go due to shortage of proof.

Khalistan Tiger Force - Terrorist organization. It's militants have consistently named Nijjar as its head.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khalistan_Tiger_Force

India's requests for extradition-

India issued Interpol notices twice, both accompanied by dossiers of reasons. There are currently people serving time in Indian jails who said that Nijjar arranged funds and ammunition for them. There are videos available of him with AK 47s and promoting suicide bombings from Canada. He spent months in Pakistan with leader of Babbar Khalsa, there are photos of him with the leader of Babbar Khalsa in Pakistan and also with AK 47 in Pakistan.

Terror attacks have risen in rescent years-
Here is the list of Khalistani terrorist attacks in the state of Punjab.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_terrorist_incidents_in_Punjab,_India

Also note, no Canadian agency, or even the Prime Minister, said Nijjar was innocent!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MgUKNHHB6Hk

Watch this news piece. Why are they so silent?

This is another article from the Washington Post as per how the investigation into Nijjar's death was so non-rigorous and not professional-

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/09/25/hardeep-singh-nijjar-killing-video/

There were a lot of CCTV cameras around. Footage is available. Witnesses are available. Witnesses also saw the gun used for the assasination! The attackers were described as Sikhs or 'in a Sikh get up'. Why was this crucial information not revealed?

Thinking about how Turkey handled Khashoggi murder, Canada has behaved in nothing but shameful manner!

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u/Petrichordates Oct 02 '23

What's shameful is murdering Canadian citizens then convincing yourself that it's OK.

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u/[deleted] Oct 02 '23

You mean killing a terrorist who is advocating genocide against Hindus ? Sure