Canada's arrests of three Indian men in Sikh leader's death 'bittersweet'

4/5/2024 12:35

        If Hardeep Singh Nijjar were alive, he and his friend Moninder Singh would probably be chatting in a backyard over milkshakes.
        
        But he is not. The Canadian Sikh leader was gunned down almost a year ago in British Columbia.
        
        Moninder Singh lost his friend of 15 years last June outside a Sikh temple in Surrey, a Vancouver suburb with a large Sikh population.
        
        The 45-year-old's death rocked Canada's Sikh community. A few months later, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau triggered a diplomatic crisis with New Delhi when he cited evidence of Indian government involvement in Nijjar's death.
        
        On Friday, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police laid murder charges against three Indian men in connection with Nijjar's death and said they were probing possible ties to the Indian government.