Desk, Three Indian nationals arrested for the killing of Khalistani separatist Hardeep Singh Nijjar appeared before a Canadian court for the first time via video conference to face murder charges in the case. This (Hardeep Singh Nijjar) murder case has created tension in Canada-India relations.
Karan Brar (22), Kamalpreet Singh (23) and Karanpreet Singh (28), Indian nationals living in Edmonton, were arrested and charged with murder and conspiracy to commit murder (Hardeep Singh Nijjar) on Friday. Judge Delaram Jahani briefly interrogated the three suspects Karan Brar, Karanpreet Singh and Kamalpreet Singh. Through their lawyers, Brar and Karanpreet Singh decided to appear again on May 21.

The three accused were seen wearing red T-shirts, sweatshirts and sweatpants issued by Jal from the North Fraser Pretrial Centre. During this, hundreds of Khalistan supporters appeared in the court. A separate room was opened inside the court to accommodate the 50 people who wanted to watch the hearing. Pro-Khalistan protesters raised slogans outside the Surrey Provincial Court. They were holding placards in which the Indian government was held responsible for the murder.
Let us tell you that in June last year, Nijjar (Hardeep Singh Nijjar) was shot dead after coming out of a Gurudwara in Surrey, a suburb of Vancouver. A video clip of his murder had reportedly surfaced in March this year, purportedly showing Nijjar being shot by the assailants in what was claimed to be a ‘contract killing’.