Outgoing Canadian NSA Jody Thomas says India cooperating in Nijjar killing probe
Canada's outgoing National Security Advisor Jody Thomas on Saturday emphasised that India is cooperating in the investigation of the killing of India-designated terrorist Hardeep Singh Nijjar, and called the changing relationship an «evolution», as reported by Canada-based CTV News.
Thomas said that Canada has «made advancements in that relationship.»
In an interview with CTV's Question Period host Vassy Kapelos which airs this Sunday, Thomas said that her discussions with her Indian counterpart have been fruitful.
«My discussions with my counterpart in India have been fruitful, and I think they've moved things forward,» she said.
In September last year, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau had claimed that there were «credible allegations» that the Indian government may have been involved in the killing of Sikh separatist Hardeep Singh Nijjar, in Surrey in June 2023.
However, India denied the allegations as absurd and motivated. Following that relations between India and Canada have been strained
In December last year Justin Trudeau said that he had made the allegations public as he expected the information to be leaked.
Later in December, in a parallel development, the US Justice Department unsealed an indictment against an Indian national for his alleged involvement in a foiled plot to assassinate Pannun.
The Justice Department claimed that an Indian government employee (named CC-1), who was not identified in the indictment filed in a federal court in Manhattan, recruited an Indian national named Nikhil Gupta to hire a hitman to carry out the assassination, which was foiled by US authorities, according to prosecutors.
