NEW DELHI: Karan Brar, one of the suspects in the killing of Sikh separatist leader Hardeep Singh Nijjar, claimed in a 2019 social media video that he obtained a Canadian student visa within days through EthicWorks Immigration Services in Bathinda, Punjab, India, according to a report by Canada-based Global News.
The immigration firm shared the video and a picture of Brar on their Facebook page, congratulating him on his study visa and referring to him as a happy client from Kotkapura.
Marc Miller, Canada’s immigration minister, has not provided details on how the suspects entered the country. However, a Facebook page allegedly belonging to Brar indicates that he arrived in Edmonton on May 4, 2020, after commencing his studies at Bow Valley College in Calgary on April 30, 2020. Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada has not yet responded to inquiries regarding this matter.
Karan Brar, 22, along with Karanpreet Singh, 28, and Kamalpreet Singh, 22, were arrested in Edmonton on Friday. They face charges of murder and conspiracy and appeared in court in Surrey, British Columbia, on Tuesday.
Members of the Sikh community in British Columbia filled the courtroom as the three accused, dressed in orange jumpsuits, made their first court appearance via video, as reported by Globe and Mail, a Canadian news website. Pro-Khalistani protesters gathered outside the Surrey provincial court, chanting slogans and holding placards, accusing the Indian government of being responsible for the killing.
The arrest of the three Indian nationals has further strained the relationship between India and Canada, following Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s accusation that agents of the Indian government were involved in Nijjar’s killing. India has dismissed these allegations as “absurd” and “motivated.”
Hardeep Singh Nijjar, who was designated a terrorist by India’s National Investigation Agency in 2020, was shot and killed outside a Gurdwara in Surrey in June 2023. A video of the killing, which surfaced in March this year, showed Nijjar being shot by armed men in what has been described as a “contract killing.”
(With agency inputs)
The immigration firm shared the video and a picture of Brar on their Facebook page, congratulating him on his study visa and referring to him as a happy client from Kotkapura.
Marc Miller, Canada’s immigration minister, has not provided details on how the suspects entered the country. However, a Facebook page allegedly belonging to Brar indicates that he arrived in Edmonton on May 4, 2020, after commencing his studies at Bow Valley College in Calgary on April 30, 2020. Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada has not yet responded to inquiries regarding this matter.
Karan Brar, 22, along with Karanpreet Singh, 28, and Kamalpreet Singh, 22, were arrested in Edmonton on Friday. They face charges of murder and conspiracy and appeared in court in Surrey, British Columbia, on Tuesday.
Members of the Sikh community in British Columbia filled the courtroom as the three accused, dressed in orange jumpsuits, made their first court appearance via video, as reported by Globe and Mail, a Canadian news website. Pro-Khalistani protesters gathered outside the Surrey provincial court, chanting slogans and holding placards, accusing the Indian government of being responsible for the killing.
The arrest of the three Indian nationals has further strained the relationship between India and Canada, following Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s accusation that agents of the Indian government were involved in Nijjar’s killing. India has dismissed these allegations as “absurd” and “motivated.”
Hardeep Singh Nijjar, who was designated a terrorist by India’s National Investigation Agency in 2020, was shot and killed outside a Gurdwara in Surrey in June 2023. A video of the killing, which surfaced in March this year, showed Nijjar being shot by armed men in what has been described as a “contract killing.”
(With agency inputs)