Suspense mounts over killing of Khalistani terrorist Hardeep Singh Nijjar in Canada

Published on: 21 Jun 2023 at 10:47 AM

Published by: thefactnews

The Fact News Service

Vancouver, June 21

The chief of the Khalistan Tiger Force (KTF) Hardeep Singh Nijjar, who was killed in a targeted shooting in Canada’s Surrey on Sunday (June 18), was allegedly eliminated at the hands of his erstwhile comrades who have turned against him.

Nijjar’s killing came almost a week after the death of Avtar Singh Khanda, the face of violent protests against the Indian High Commission in London.

It has been alleged in Khalistani circles that the sudden death of Khanda may have been engineered by Nijjar who could not tolerate being overshadowed and captured by international headlines by Khanda. Wanted in several violent terrorist incidents in India and Canada, 45-year-old Nijjar carried a cash reward of Rs 10 lakhs on his head.

He was shot dead by unidentified assailants in the parking lot of Guru Nanak Sikh Gurdwara in Surrey. Sources reveal that the gurdwara had been captured by Nijjar about seven years ago and was being presided over by him ever since.

There have been frequent allegations that funds from the shrine were being embezzled for funding terror activities in Punjab.

Postmedia has learned that the police are looking at two potential motives, that Nijjar was killed because of his Khalistan activism, or that it was related to a more local political dispute in Surrey, said Vancouver Sun.

Nijjar was designated a ‘terrorist’ by India under the stringent Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act in July 2020 and his property in the country was attacked by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) in September 2020. Interpol Red Corner Notice was also issued against him in 2016.