Khalistan terrorist Hardeep Singh Nijjar was close to Canadian intelligence, but Justin Trudeau did not tell the world

Khalistani terrorist Hardeep Singh Nijjar was in frequent touch with Canadian intelligence officers and met them often. He even held talks with CSIS officers a day or two before he was killed in June, his son said. Balraj Singh Nijjar (21) said his father used to meet with Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) officers “once or twice a week and a meeting was also scheduled two days after his death.” Nijjar started meeting CSIS officers in February and it became frequent in the subsequent three or four months, Balraj said. Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, last week, alleged a “potential link” between the Indian government and the killing of Nijjar, but remained mum about the Khalistani terrorist’s frequent meeting with the CSIS. Nijjar’s son also told in an interview that his father even met Royal Canadian Mounter Police (RCMP) last year. Trudeau’s allegation has led to worsening of relationship between India and Canada, with New Delhi rejecting the Canadian PM’s claims as “absurd” and “motivated”. Nijjar, 46, head of the Guru Nanak Sikh Gurdwara Sahib in Surrey, Canada, was shot by two unidentified men outside the gurdwara in June this year. He was the chief of the separatist organisation, Khalistan Tiger Force (KTF). The NIA had announced a reward of Rs 10 lakh for information leading to his arrest. Meanwhile, sources to News18 said Nijjar’s killing was plotted by ISI to put India on the back foot. Two ISI plants in Canada - Rahat Rao and Tariq Kiyani — were given the task of killing Nijjar possibly due to business reasons or to get more cuts from new people, sources said. The task was given to someone so that the drug business could be directly controlled by Rao and Kiyani as Nijjar was becoming powerful with time and gaining popularity in the local Canadian community. The sources further said the trio of Rao, Kiyani and Gurpatwant Singh Pannun possibly laid the trap to control the drug and immigration business which is the main source of income for them. With inputs from agencies