Three Indian nationals accused of killing Khalistani leader Nijjar appear before Canadian court

Three Indian nationals, who’re accused within the killing of Khalistani leader Hardeep Singh Nijjar, appeared before a Canadian court on Tuesday by way of video convention, media stories stated.

The accused are recognized as Karanpreet Singh, Kamalpreet Singh and Karan Brar.

They appeared individually by video in entrance of a packed Surrey provincial court room to acknowledge the costs of first-degree homicide and conspiring to commit homicide and to conform to have their instances adjourned to May 21 to provide them time to seek the advice of with their attorneys, Vancouver Sun reported.

The court granted the Crown prosecutor’s request for a no-contact order naming seven folks below a Canada Criminal Code part that bans the accused from speaking immediately or not directly with any of them, the newspaper reported.

Nijjar’s son Balraj Nijjar, 21, and Harjinder Nijjar, Mehtab Nijjar, Sarandeep Sehaj, Harsimranjeet Singh, Arshdeep Kapoor and Malkit Singh have been named within the order.

Their subsequent step could be to have their attorneys apply for bail, Surrey legal and immigration lawyer Affan Bajwa instructed Vancouver Sun.

Bajwa stated their probabilities of being launched on bail would rely on whether or not their attorneys might make a robust case to the choose.

“I feel it might be tough for them to be launched on bail as a result of of a attainable flight danger and danger to public security,” he stated.

Canadian Police Friday arrested the three members of an alleged gang linked to the homicide of the Khalistani leader.

Nijjar, 45, was shot useless in June final yr exterior a gurdwara in Surrey, a Vancouver suburb with a big Sikh inhabitants.

A number of months later, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau alleged Indian authorities involvement, triggering a diplomatic disaster with New Delhi.