Overview
- High Commissioner Dinesh Patnaik says India had no role in Hardeep Singh Nijjar’s killing, calling the earlier Canadian allegations preposterous and absurd.
- He says India will act against any individual if Ottawa presents court-worthy evidence linking Indian officials to the case.
- Patnaik welcomes Canada’s designation of the Lawrence Bishnoi gang as a terrorist entity and notes a Bishnoi brother was extradited from the United States to India last week.
- He says India has shared intelligence for decades and seeks sustained exchanges on operational hubs and financial flows through revived NSA-level channels.
- After Narendra Modi met Mark Carney at the G20 in Johannesburg, ThePrint reports the leaders agreed to relaunch CEPA talks as ministerial visits and security cooperation resume.