Indian High Commissioner Sanjay Kumar Verma said there was "mistrust" towards Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his team, that Khalistan separatists were "being encouraged all the time," and that they were "deep assets" of the Canadian intelligence agency as he returned home to India after New Delhi rejected Ottawa's accusations that he was responsible for the death of Khalistan separatist Hardeep Singh Nijjar.
In an interview with CTV News that aired on Sunday, Verma questioned the political independence of the Canadian police and claimed that Trudeau "destroyed the relationship" with India. He added that extrajudicial executions have been carried out by "some G7 countries."
Verma stated that Canada would continue to be a friend of India even though he insisted that the Canadians had not given a "shred of evidence" in response to their accusations against India over the Najjar massacre.
No proof has been offered. It is politically driven. Is it not illegal to not file a charge sheet if Mr. Trudeau or his associates are aware of it? “Go via the legal system?” he asked.
When asked if he had done anything, he responded, "As High Commissioner of India, I had never done anything. " Are we curious about the actions of pro-Khalistani elements in Canada? Indeed, we are. I have a national interest in that. My main issue with Canada is that it is attempting to encroach on Indian territory.
When asked if anything unlawful had been done, Verma responded, "It is all overt. " Nothing is secretive. Everything is overt. Because we can understand Punjabi, we read their words in the newspapers and their posts on social media.
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"Any murder is wrong and bad," he answered when asked if he condemned Nijjar's murder. I do condemn. Let's investigate the matter further. We will share our evidence, but you must share yours to get to the heart of the matter. In circumstances involving extradition, don't we do that?
"It should not happen anywhere in the world," he remarked in response to a question concerning extrajudicial killings. I am aware of the nations that have done so, some of which are G7 nations. By the way, let's avoid discussing it. Double standards shouldn't exist. Therefore, as the world's largest democracy, we are dedicated to refraining from extrajudicial executions on any land.
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"So indictment is not a conviction," he stated about the US indictment in the purported plot against pro-Khalistan official Gurpatwant Singh Pannun. We are okay with it, so much so that we established a high-level group to assist the Americans in this matter. It will follow its legal course. Since my mandate is India-Canada ties rather than India-US relations, I won't be able to discuss it much.
