The demonstrators were marking 480 days since the murder of B.C. gurdwara president and Khalistan independence activist Hardeep Singh Nijjar in Surrey.
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Mounties said they have evidence that Indian diplomats and consular officials based in Canada are leveraging their official position to engage in “clandestine activities,” including homicides, violent threats and intimidation. Nijjar was gunned down outside the gurdwara in June 2023, an attack supporters say was retaliation for his activism aimed at creating an independent Sikh homeland in the Punjab region of India.Demonstrator Imren Kaur said she believed Nijjar was killed at the gurdwara specifically to send a message to B.C. Sikhs.
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