India-Canada row: Hardeep Singh Nijjar met Canadian intelligence officers every week before death, says so

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Balraj Singh Nijjar, son of slain Sikh separatist leader Hardeep Singh Nijjar, on Thursday said his father met Canadian intelligence officers regularly months before he was shot dead outside a gurdwara in Surrey in British Columbia on June 18...

Nijjar's son, 21, said his father met officers of Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) once or twice a week, including one or two days before his murder, Vancouver Sun quoted him as saying..

If you dont stop talking about Khalistan, well kill you, he said.. Earlier this month, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau alleged that the Indian government was behind the killing of 45-year-old Nijjar, a claim India rejected as "absurd" and "motivated"...

Last Thursday, Trudeau said his country stands by the international rules-based order and repeated his charge on India's role in the killing of Khalistani leader Hardeep Singh Nijjar stating that there are "credible reasons" to believe the same...

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