On Canada's probe in Hardeep Singh Nijjar killing, India gets ‘advice’ from US
Khalistan terrorist Hardeep Singh Nijjar, said national security spokesman John Kirby on Wednesday. Kirby said that the White House encourages India to cooperate in any investigation by Canada, according to a report published by Reuters. “We are deeply concerned.
We encourage India to fully cooperate," Kirby said. Kirby said that news reports that the US rejected or brushed off Canada's allegations are untrue. “There's been some press speculation out there ...
that the United States rebuffed Canada in terms of talking about their investigation, and I just want to stress that those reports are just flatly false, untrue." Canada and India's relation have hit rock bottom after Canadian PM Justin Trudeau's bombshell statement on Tuesday accusing the Indian government agency of killing Khalistani terrorist Hardeep Singh Nijjar in June this year. However, India has rejected allegations by Canada. “We have seen and rejected the statement of the Canadian Prime Minister in their Parliament, as also the statement by their Foreign Minister," the Ministry of External Affairs said.
"Allegations of Government of India's involvement in any act of violence in Canada are absurd and motivated...We are a democratic polity with a strong commitment to the rule of law," the statement said. In a tit-for-tat move, India also instructed a senior Canadian diplomat to leave the nation in five days. It was customary for India to reciprocate the expulsion of a Canadian diplomat with a reciprocal move.
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