Hardeep Singh Nijjar, a Sikh leader in Surrey, B.C., was gunned down as he left his gurdwara on June 18.
He came to Canada in 1997, Global reported, and claimed refugee status, having used a false passport to enter the country.
Nijjar was a prominent organizer in the community of Sikhs in Canada who have been calling for a referendum on Khalistan, which aims to carve out a Sikh ethno-religious state in India’s Punjab region. He had been organizing an unofficial referendum among the Sikh diaspora in Surrey. The Indian government had labelled Nijjar a terrorist, Grewal said, and sought to have him extradited to India.In 2016, Indian authorities alleged he was linked to a 2007 bombing in Punjab.
India’s Central Bureau of Investigation issued a warrant for Nijjar, citing charges of attempting to cause an explosion, making or keeping explosives with intent to endanger life or property and making or possessing explosives under suspicious circumstances.
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