Canadian police accuse India of working with criminal network to kill dissidents (www.theguardian.com)
from MicroWave@lemmy.world to world@lemmy.world on 15 Oct 13:11
https://lemmy.world/post/20875664

Modi government agents alleged to have collaborated with syndicate run by mob boss Lawrence Bishnoi

Canadian police have accused the Indian government of working with a criminal network run by one of India’s most notorious gangsters, Lawrence Bishnoi, to carry out targeted killings of dissidents in Canada.

A diplomatic row broke out between India and Canada on Monday after Canadian police accused Indian diplomats of “criminal” activities in the country, including extortion, intimidation, coercion and harassment, and involvement in targeted killings of Canadian citizens.

Canadian police said they had uncovered evidence that implicated India’s top diplomat, Sanjay Verma, in the killing of Hardeep Singh Nijjar, a Sikh activist who was gunned down outside a gurdwara in a suburb of Vancouver in June last year.

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Track_Shovel@slrpnk.net on 15 Oct 14:19 next collapse

What better way to carry out hits on political dissidents than to get criminals to do it so you can claim plausible deniability

pandapoo@sh.itjust.works on 15 Oct 14:54 next collapse

What? Intelligence agencies working with criminal gangs?

Next you’ll try and convince me that covert operations are often funded with drug money.

Nuke_the_whales@lemmy.world on 15 Oct 15:02 collapse

Man. As a Canadian I wished my government gave a shit about me, as much as they do about Indian citizens in India. My government provides more aid to foreign citizens than they do to canadians

theacharnian@lemmy.ca on 15 Oct 15:44 next collapse

This is about an Indian-Canadian being assassinated in Canada by the Indian government.

nova_ad_vitum@lemmy.ca on 15 Oct 15:58 next collapse

My government provides more aid to foreign citizens than they do to canadians

Want to explain? Or should I just take your word for it?

pandapoo@sh.itjust.works on 15 Oct 16:09 collapse

Yeah, I can’t believe the Canadian government cares about… Canadian residents and citizens being gunned down, in Canada, on orders from the Indian government.