"Indian govt needs to work with us": Canada PM Justin Trudeau after US indictment of Indian national in failed assassination plot - Punjabi News

Published on: 30 Nov 2023 at 10:35 AM

“Indian govt needs to work with us”: Canada PM Justin Trudeau after US indictment of Indian national in failed assassination plot

Published by: thefactnews

The Fact News Service

Ottawa, November 30

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has called on the Indian government to cooperate with Canada in the investigation of the killing of India designated terrorist Hardeep Singh Nijjar after the United States Justice Department filed an indictment against an Indian national for his alleged involvement in a foiled plot to assassinate a US-based leader of the Sikh Separatist Movement in New York, CBC News reported.

Truedeau was quoted by CBC as saying that the news coming out of the US underscores the need for India to take the issue seriously.

Speaking to reporters, Trudeau said, “The news coming out of the United States further underscores what we’ve been talking about from the very beginning: which is India needs to take this seriously.”

He said, “The Indian government needs to work with us to ensure that we’re getting to the bottom of this. This is not s