A man rides a bike outside the Guru Nanak Sikh temple in Surrey, B.C., on Monday, September 18, 2023, where temple president Hardeep Singh Nijjar was gunned down in his vehicle while leaving the parking lot in June. Police in British Columbia say they have charged three Indian nationals with the killing of Hardeep Singh Nijjar in Surrey, B.C., last year. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
A man rides a bike outside the Guru Nanak Sikh temple in Surrey, B.C., on Monday, September 18, 2023, where temple president Hardeep Singh Nijjar was gunned down in his vehicle while leaving the parking lot in June. Police in British Columbia say they have charged three Indian nationals with the killing of Hardeep Singh Nijjar in Surrey, B.C., last year. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
DDPolice in British Columbia say they have charged three Indian nationals with the killing of Sikh activist and gurdwara leader Hardeep Singh Nijjar in Surrey, B.C., last year. Here is a timeline related to the killing, which triggered a diplomatic dispute between Canada and India.
2023
June 18 — Hardeep Singh Nijjar is shot dead outside the Guru Nanak Sikh temple in Surrey, B.C.
Sept. 1 — Canada pauses trade negotiations with India
Sept. 10 — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi have a tense exchange on the sidelines of the G20 summit in New Delhi
Sept. 15 — Canada postpones a planned October trade mission to India
Sept. 18 — Trudeau tells the House of Commons there is credible intelligence about a potential link between India’s government and the killing of Nijjar
Sept. 18 — Canada expels a top Indian diplomat and a senior ´ºÉ«Ö±²¥ diplomat is expelled from India in return
Sept. 21 — India suspends visa service for ´ºÉ«Ö±²¥s
Oct. 19 — Canada recalls 41 diplomats from India after the Indian government revokes their diplomatic immunity
Oct. 25 — India resumes some visa services for ´ºÉ«Ö±²¥s
Nov. 29 — An indictment is unsealed in New York alleging a murder-for-hire plot by an Indian national. The indictment alleges an Indian government employee directed the attempted assassination in the United States, and spoke about others, including Nijjar’s killing in Canada
2024
May 3 — Karan Brar, Kamalpreet Singh and Karanpreet Singh are arrested and charged with first-degree murder and conspiracy to commit murder in Nijjar’s death
This report by ´ºÉ«Ö±²¥was first published May 3, 2024.
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