No Imminent Threat To People In Canada From ‘Network Of Criminals’: Ottawa’s Top Cop On India’s ‘Violent’ Activities

New Delhi: Days after Justin Trudeau-led Canadian government publicly accused the Indian government of being involved in the fatal shooting of pro-Khalistan terrorist Hardeep Singh Nijjar, the North American country’s top police official on Sunday said there was ‘no imminent threat’ to the public from the ‘network of criminals’ operating in the country. The official, Gauvin, made this remark in an interview aired on Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) News.

The official made this statement while he was referring to the Royal Canadian Mounted Police’s (RCMP) previous claim that ‘agents of the Government of India’ were involved in ‘widespread’ acts of violence in Canada.

The Canadian law enforcement agency (RCMP) has been investigating these ‘widespread acts of violence,’ including last year’s fatal shooting of pro-Khalistan terrorist, Nijjar. Even as Canada had accused India of being involved in such violence, New Delhi had repeatedly rejected Ottawa’s charge.

Speaking further, Gauvin, who is the RCMP Assistant Commissioner, described the agency’s approach of going public with the allegations as ‘proactive.’

“We had been planning this proactive approach for some time. A number of efforts were undertaken, including presenting the evidence to the Indian law enforcement and a meeting between the officials from the two sides,” she said.

“However, those attempts were unsuccessful. Indian media outlets were presenting ‘false’ reporting on the matter and we wanted to ‘correct the record’,” the officer added.

Ottawa has failed to provide any hard evidence after accusing Indian diplomats of complicity in the murder of the Khalistani terrorist killed last year, according to Ministry of External Affairs here.