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US State Department spokesperson Matthew Miller addressed the press on Tuesday.
America's statement has also come amid the dispute between India and Canada regarding the case of Khalistani supporter Hardeep Singh Nijjar. America has accused India of not cooperating in the investigation.
US State Department spokesperson Matthew Miller said on Tuesday – The allegations leveled against India are very serious. We want the Indian government to help in the investigation along with Canada. India has not done this till now.
Earlier, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau had claimed on Monday that Indian government officials were involved in the murder of Nijjar. This is not the first time that America has commented on the tension between India and Canada.
In September last year, Canadian PM Trudeau had accused India in Parliament of being involved in the murder of Nijjar. Even then America had asked India to cooperate in the investigation.
What happened between India and Canada in 3 days?
13 October: Canada sent a letter to India. It said that Indian High Commissioner Sanjay Kumar Verma and other diplomats are suspects in a case. Canada did not provide details of the case, but it was linked to the Nijjar case.
14 October: India protested against its diplomats being described as suspicious and summoned the Canadian ambassador. A few hours later, India recalled Sanjay Kumar Verma and other diplomats. Late night news came that Canada has also ordered its 6 ambassadors from India to return.
15 October: The Canadian Prime Minister accused Indian agents of direct involvement in Nijjar's murder.
Claim- Khalistanis were attacked at the behest of Amit Shah American media house Washington Post has claimed that Home Minister Amit Shah and the RAW agency together had given permission to gather intelligence in Canada and attack Khalistani terrorists.
The Washington Post quoted a Canadian official as saying that Indian diplomats used to pressure many people to provide intelligence in exchange for permission to go to Canada.
This work was led by Sanjay Verma, India's High Commissioner to Canada. According to the report, on October 12, Canada's NSA had also informed India's National Security Advisor Ajit Doval in a meeting about this.
Canadian Police said, Indian agents gathered a lot of information Canadian Police Commissioner Mike Duheme held a press conference on Monday. In this he had said that Indian diplomats and officials in Canada have misused their position and secretly collected information for the Indian government. For this, Indian officials used agents. Some of these agents were threatened and pressurized into working with the Indian government.
He told that the information collected by India is used to target South Asian people. We had given evidence of this to the Indian government officials and appealed to them to stop the violence and cooperate.
Canadian police also held a press conference on October 14.
Khalistani terrorist Nijjar was the reason for tension between the two countries, he was murdered last year. On the evening of June 18, 2023, Nijjar was shot dead while leaving a Gurudwara in Surrey city of Canada. On September 18 last year, Canadian Prime Minister Trudeau had accused the Indian government of involvement in Nijjar's murder, which India rejected.
After this, on May 3, three accused of Nijjar's murder were arrested. All three accused are Indians. Canadian police said that the police had been keeping an eye on them for several months. They believe that India had assigned them the task of killing Nijjar. Then India had said on this matter that it is an internal matter of Canada.
Hardeep Singh Nijjar was murdered on 18 June 2023. In September, the Canadian PM had accused India of this murder.
Why is Nijjar issue important for Trudeau? Canada holds parliamentary elections in October 2025. Khalistan supporters are considered a big vote bank of Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's party. However, only last month, Khalistan supporter Jagmeet Singh's NDP party, which was part of the Trudeau government, has withdrawn its support.
Due to the break of the alliance, the Trudeau government was reduced to minority. However, in the majority test held on October 1, Trudeau's Liberal Party got the support of another party. Because of this, Trudeau passed the floor test.
According to the 2021 census, the total population of Canada is 3.89 crores. Of these, 18 lakh are Indians. These constitute 5% of the total population of Canada. Of these, more than 7 lakh are Sikhs, who constitute 2% of the total population.
Nijjar went to Canada 27 years ago, declared a terrorist 3 years ago
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