Intercepted communications link Indian government to B.C. Sikh leader’s assassination
Global News
British intelligence provided Canada with initial tip tying India’s government to temple leader's 2023 killing.
Conversations intercepted by Canada and the United Kingdom implicate high-level Indian officials in the assassination of a B.C. Sikh leader, Global News has confirmed.
British intelligence provided Canada with the initial tip that it had picked up communications tying India’s government to the 2023 shooting death of Hardeep Nijjar.
Canadian authorities later obtained their own intercepts and evidence corroborating the involvement of Indian officials, among them Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s right-hand man, Amit Shah.
The monitored conversations, together with other evidence, explain why Ottawa accuses New Delhi of orchestrating the murder of the Canadian-Sikh activist, even as India denies any role.
The British High Commission declined to discuss the matter. “It is the U.K.’s long-standing position that we do not comment on intelligence matters,” a spokesperson said on Thursday.
The Indian High Commission in Ottawa did not respond to questions.
The intercepts would be “strong evidence” since they come from the Five Eyes intelligence partnership between Canada, the U.K., U.S., Australia and New Zealand, said Dan Stanton, a former senior Canadian Security Intelligence Service officer.
“This is the gold standard of alliances,” said Stanton, who is writing a book on transnational repression. “It has a lot of weight. Then you bring in some corroboration from Canadian intelligence as well.”
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