BACK in September, a Washington Post report created a stir when it claimed that the assassination of Khalistan advocate Hardeep Singh Nijjar involved at least six men and two vehicles.

The Integrated Homicide Investigation Team (IHIT) had only said that three men and one vehicle were involved in Nijjar’s murder on the night of June 18 in a parking lot of Surrey’s Guru Nanak Sikh Gurdwara where he served as president,

The paper said a 90-second recording of a video its staff reviewed showed a white sedan and Nijjar’s pickup truck driving side-by-side before the former pulled up in front of the latter and braked. As Nijjar’s vehicle stopped, two men in hooded sweatshirts from a waiting area moved toward Nijjar with firearms.

After the murder, the white sedan drove off and the two armed men ran in the same direction.

The paper reported that a gurdwara committee member saw the two gunmen running toward Cougar Creek Park and gave chase. The gunmen then ran to a cul-de-sac and got into a silver car in which there were three other men.

The VOICE at the time had pointed out: “Police do not reveal ALL the facts in their possession because of investigative and legal reasons. They obviously do not want to let suspects know exactly what all they are aware of. Nor do they want to reveal their sources or methods and so on.

“So we will just have to wait and see where this investigation goes.”

Last December, the Globe and Mail reported that according to sources the two alleged killers of Sikh separatist leader Hardeep Singh Nijjar had been under police surveillance for months and were “expected to be arrested by the RCMP in a matter of weeks.”

The newspaper said that its sources revealed that the alleged killers never left Canada after the brazen murder.

That report kept everyone on tenterhooks — until May 3 when the Integrated Homicide Investigation Team (IHIT) announced that Indian nationals Karan Brar, 22, Kamalpreet Singh, 22, and Karanpreet Singh, 28, had been arrested in Edmonton, Alberta, where the three had been living, and charged with first-degree murder and conspiracy to commit murder in Nijjar’s assassination.

At the May 3 press conference, Superintendent Mandeep Mooker, Officer-in-Charge of IHIT, had asserted: “The investigation does not end here. We are aware that there could be others out there that played a role in this homicide and we remain dedicated to identifying and arresting each one of them.”

Eight days later, on Saturday, May 11, IHIT announced the arrest of a fourth suspect who has been charged with first-degree murder and conspiracy to commit murder for his role in Nijjar’s homicide. He is 22-year-old Indian national Amandeep Singh, who resided in Brampton, Surrey, and Abbotsford, who was already in custody for unrelated firearms charges by Peel Regional Police in Ontario.

Mooker said: “This arrest shows the nature of our ongoing investigation to hold responsible those that played a role in the homicide of Hardeep Singh Nijjar.”

The ongoing investigation is expected to charge more suspects sooner or later

Also, Canadian police are still investigating if there are any ties to the Government of India. Officers have said that Canadian police’s relationship with Indian police has been “rather challenging and difficult.”

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