India Rejects Canada's Allegations of Transnational Violence Links Amid Nijjar Case

• India categorically rejected allegations of its links to transnational violence or organised crime in Canada, calling them baseless and politically motivated.
• A Canadian media report claimed Indian consular staff in Vancouver supplied information for the assassination of Sikh extremist Hardeep Singh Nijjar.
• The rejection came as Indian and Canadian Prime Ministers held talks on expanding bilateral cooperation, with Canada emphasizing combating transnational repression.
• Ministry of External Affairs Secretary P Kumaran stated that such concerns should be addressed through credible law enforcement and judicial processes, not politicized narratives.
• India-Canada relations strained in 2023 after Canada alleged an Indian link to Nijjar's killing, an accusation India dismissed as "absurd."