US charges Lawrence Bishnoi, Goldy Brar for Nijjar’s killing in 2023

Law enforcement authorities in America, Canada and Europe announced the arrests of 24 individuals with links to India-based transnational organised crime groups for criminal acts like racketeering, shootings, extortion and even the 2023 assassination of Hardeep Singh Nijjar in Canada.

In total, 37 defendants have been are charged across three indictments unsealed on Tuesday.

Nijjar was a prominent advocate for an independent Sikh homeland known as Khalistan, a movement opposed by the Indian government.

The 2023 killing of the Sikh separatist triggered one of the deepest diplomatic crises between Canada and India in recent years.