The four men accused of the murder of Hardeep Singh Nijjar in Surrey, B.C., in June 2023. From left: Karan Brar, Amandeep Singh, Kamalpreet Singh and Karanpreet Singh.
Indian media outlets, including some of the country's most prominent and respected, ran false reports Thursday claiming that the four Indian nationals accused of murdering Canadian Sikh separatist Hardeep Singh Nijjar have been released from custody. CBC News has confirmed that those reports are false.
The next court appearance is a pretrial conference on Feb. 11, and they will also appear in court on Feb. 12.Indian media outlets that repeated the false claims include the Hindu Post, First Post, Hindustan Times, Business Today, Business Standard, India Today, The New Indian Express, Mint News, News 18 and others.
Several Indian media outlets linked the false news to a supposed collapse of the Canadian police case against the four men, Karan Brar, Amandeep Singh, Kamalpreet Singh and Karanpreet Singh, or to the supposed failure of "clueless" Canadian police to oppose their release on bail. The country has witnessed the emergence of an aggressively partisan "Godi" media, which adheres closely to Modi government narratives and sometimes targets the Modi government's perceived enemies with scurrilous or poorly substantiated reporting.Man charged with murder of Sikh activist arrested near site of planned Sikh gathering in OntarioSome of the outlets that picked up the false claims about the Nijjar accused fit the Godi media profile, but others do not.
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