Senior Canadian officials admit they leaked information to US Daily about Amit Shah and Indian ‘interference’

India-Canada: Canadian Deputy Foreign Minister David Morrison told members of Parliament’s national security committee on Tuesday that Home Affairs Minister Amit Shah “has ordered a campaign of violence, intimidation and intelligence gathering” targeting Sikh separatists in Canada, the Associated Press news agency reported.

Morrison told the committee that he confirmed Shah’s name to The Washington Post, which first reported the allegations a day before India recalled its six diplomats, including the High Commissioner, from Canada. “The journalist called me and asked if it was the right person. I have confirmed that it was the right person,” Morrison told MPs. However, Morrison did not comment on how Canada learned of Shah’s alleged involvement.

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s national security adviser Nathalie Drouin told the committee that Canada has evidence that the Indian government first collected information about Indian citizens and Canadian citizens in Canada through diplomatic channels and through proxies.

She claimed that this information was then passed on to the New Delhi government, which she said was “working with a criminal network linked to Lawrence Bishnoi,” the AP report said.

According to The Globe and Mail, leaked information also links India to the murder of Sikh activist Sukhdul Singh Gill, who was shot dead in Winnipeg on September 20, 2023. This comes just two days after Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau made a statement in the House of Representatives. The House of Commons accuses India of involvement in the June 2023 killing of Sikh separatist leader Hardeep Singh Nijjar in Surrey, British Columbia.

Although no charges have been laid in Gill’s case, RCMP Commissioner Mike Duhaime said on Oct. 14 that evidence links India to multiple murders, with Nijjar being the only person named.

What did Prime Minister Trudeau say about Nijjar’s murder?

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau last year said Ottawa had credible evidence that “agents of the Indian government” were involved in the June 2023 killing of pro-Khalistan Sikh radical Hardeep Singh Nijjar in British Columbia.

However, testifying before the Foreign Intervention Commission earlier this month, Trudeau admitted he had “no evidence” to support allegations that Indian government agents were involved in Nijjar’s killing. He also said that India had made a “biggest mistake and violated the country’s sovereignty.”

Canadian police also said that “agents” of the Indian government were collaborating with Lawrence Bishnoi’s gang to spread terror on Canadian soil.

“It (India) is targeting the South Asian community, but they are specifically targeting pro-Khalistan elements in Canada… What we have seen is that from the RCMP’s point of view, they are using elements of organized crime. This has been publicly attributed and stated to one organized crime group in particular – the Bishnoi Group… We believe the group is associated with agents of the Government of India,” Brigitte Gauvin, assistant commissioner of the Royal Canadian Horse, said at a press briefing this month. police.

India calls Canada’s accusations ‘absurd’

The Foreign Affairs Ministry has expelled six Canadian diplomats, including acting High Commissioner Stuart Ross Wheeler, amid an escalating row over the investigation into Nijjar’s murder.

India called the charges leveled by Canada “absurd” and announced it was recalling Indian officials expelled by the Canadian government. India also said Canada has not provided “a single piece of evidence of Indian involvement in Nijjar’s murder” despite repeated requests. He also accused Trudeau of engaging in vote bank politics and not taking sufficient steps to combat separatist elements within his country.