SURREY — Harkirat Kaur said she had a relationship with Sikh community leader Hardeep Singh Nijjar that was like “father and daughter” before his killing in Surrey, B.C., in June.
The 19-year-old Sikh activist said she was initially relieved to hear Prime Minister Justin Trudeau tell Parliament on Monday that"credible" intelligence linked India's government to the shooting death of Nijjar, who supported an independent Sikh homeland in India's Punjab province.
He called on the federal government to share all information related to ongoing foreign interference and"transnational organized crime threats." "I join with those in the Sikh and Punjabi community, and the broader province, demanding justice and answers," Eby said in his statement. Singh, speaking at a press conference and subsequent interview at the Surrey gurdwara, said intelligence sharing with India put Sikh activists in Canada at risk.
It said in June that investigators had not linked the shooting to foreign interference and there were no reasons to believe the Sikh community in Canada was at risk. The group, which has been staging a series of non-binding votes in several countries on the independence issue, said last week that the first stage of balloting in B.C. on Sept. 10 attracted more than 135,000 voters.
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