Updated: A lawyer for Sikh temple leader Hardeep Singh Nijjar, who was shot to death in Surrey Sunday night, said his client told him that Canada’s spy agency warned him days ago that there were threats against him. kbolan reports.
Pannun said both have faced hostility and threats on social media from pro-India accounts.“He is more than a client. He’s like my younger brother,” Pannun said. “I lost a part of me.”“He wasn’t worried about his safety. He was worried about how we would accomplish Khalistan and how we would accomplish the referendum,” Pannun said.
Surrey RCMP S. Sgt. Tyner Gillies was not confirming the identity of the murder victim, who was found inside his grey truck in the temple parking lot. “Upon attendance police found an adult male inside a vehicle suffering from apparent gunshot wounds and provided medical assistance until Emergency Health Services arrived on scene. The man died of his injuries at the scene,” Gillies said.Article content“At this early stage of the investigation, any possible motives for the shooting are not yet known. Police are still working to determine possible suspect descriptions from multiple witnesses who were in the area,” he said.
“Surrey RCMP is aware of social media posts that are speculating on the identity of the victim, but are not in a position to confirm the victim’s identity at this very early time.” A large crowd gathered outside the temple after the murder, shouting “Long live Khalistan” and blaming the murder on the India government.In 2016, the India government alleged Nijjar was involved in 2007 bombing in Punjab. But last summer, the Surrey man told Postmedia that India had never sought his extradition and that the accusations were false.Article contentmurder in Surrey of former Air India suspect Ripudaman Singh Malik“I am living here since ’97.
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