The Integrated Homicide Investigation Team (IHIT) of British Columbia (BC), Canada, has announced the arrest of a fourth suspect in connection with the high-profile killing of Hardeep Singh Nijjar in June 2023, hindustantimes.com, reported.
The suspect, identified as 22-year-old Amandeep Singh, an Indian national, has been apprehended for his alleged involvement in the murder.
According to an official release from the IHIT, Amandeep Singh splits his time between Brampton, Ontario, Surrey, BC, and Abbottsford, BC. He was already in the custody of the Peel Regional Police in Ontario on unrelated firearms charges when the arrest for the Nijjar case was made.
Last week, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) made the first arrests in the case, taking into custody Karan Brar (22), Kamalpreet Singh (22), and Karanpreet Singh (28), all Indian citizens residing in Edmonton. These individuals have been charged with first-degree murder and conspiracy to commit murder.
“We pursued the evidence and gained sufficient information for the BC Prosecution Service to charge Amandeep Singh with first-degree murder and conspiracy to commit murder,” the IHIT statement said, highlighting the ongoing efforts to hold accountable those involved in Hardeep Singh Nijjar’s homicide. Nijjar, a Canadian national, was shot dead outside Surrey’s Guru Nanak Sikh Gurudwara on June 18, 2023. He was a prominent pro-Khalistan figure, designated as an “individual terrorist” by India under the stringent Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA) in July 2020.
The case has garnered international attention and sparked diplomatic tensions between Canada and India. Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has publicly alleged that “agents of the Government of India” carried out the killing, a claim firmly dismissed by New Delhi, which has accused the Trudeau government of inaction towards Khalistani elements in Canada. Khalistan is a proposed homeland for Sikhs in the Punjab region of the Indian subcontinent, a movement that has been a source of longstanding tensions between the two nations.
