Documents reveal past of B.C. Sikh leader Hardeep Singh Nijjar’s alleged killer

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One of the alleged hitmen accused of killing B.C. Sikh temple leader Hardeep Singh Nijjar was arrested and released in Surrey, B.C., shortly before the attack, according to court records.

Three weeks before Nijjar was gunned down in an ambush that Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has linked to the government of India, Surrey RCMP charged Amandeep Singh with fleeing police and dangerous driving.

Documents obtained by Global News show that Singh signed an undertaking on June 6, 2023, in which he agreed he would turn up for his court appearances and not possess firearms.

Twelve days later, he allegedly opened fire on Nijjar in the parking lot of Surrey’s Guru Nanak Sikh Temple, a killing that some believe has the hallmarks of a political assassination.

The case suggests that Singh, who was arrested in Brampton, Ont. on Saturday for Nijjar’s killing, was in the vicinity of the B.C. temple and allegedly behaving erratically prior to the shooting.

The RCMP is investigating the possible involvement of the Indian government, which had long complained about Nijjar, a Canadian leader of the Khalistan movement that seeks independence for India’s Punjab.

The plot was allegedly part of a trend in which foreign intelligence services are contracting out killings to crime groups. Singh, 22, appeared in B.C. court by phone from Ontario on Wednesday to face murder and conspiracy charges.

Like the three others accused of taking part in Nijjar’s killing, Karan Brar, Kamalpreet Singh and Karanpreet Singh, he is an Indian national in his 20s who came to Canada on a temporary visa, a source familiar with the matter said.

Singh came to Surrey to study, but took a year off and worked nightshifts at a warehouse, said a separate source, who spoke on