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handle is hein.crs/govenus0001 and id is 1 raw text is: Congressional ____ SA Research Service Alleged Indian Role in Transnational Assassination Plots December 22, 2023 The U.S. and Canadian governments have alleged an official Indian role in assassination plots in North America. These developments could affect the tenor and trajectory of the U.S.-India partnership and have attracted congressional attention. Canadian Allegations, September 2023 On September 18, 2023, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau publicly stated that his government had credible allegations that agents of the Indian government were involved in a successful plot to assassinate a Canadian citizen on Canadian soil the previous June. The victim, Sikh separatist activist Hardeep Singh Nijjar, had emigrated to Canada from India's Punjab state in 1997. He was ambushed in his car in a Vancouver suburb and shot dead by multiple gunmen. Punjab, India's only Sikh-majority state, was the site of extensive communal and separatist violence during the 1980s and the early 1990s. Today, many analysts say there is little support in Punjab for efforts to create an independent Khalistan. According to a 2021 survey, a vast majority of India's roughly 25 million Sikhs are proud to be Indian (95%) and say a person who disrespects India cannot be a Sikh (70%). Still, the Indian government had sought Nijjar's arrest since 2018 for his alleged planning of multiple terrorist attacks inside India, and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi had in September conveyed to Trudeau India's strong concerns about continuing anti-India activities of extremist elements in Canada. The largest Sikh diaspora community-roughly 800,000-lives in Canada. Some Indian officials sought to link violent Sikh separatist forces and large-scale farmer protests in 2020-2021. New Delhi rejected the Trudeau government's unsubstantiated claims as absurd and criticized it for insufficient action against Khalistani terrorists inside Canada. An Indian government spokesman later insisted that no specific information has been shared by Canada on this case and bemoaned Canada's growing reputation as a safe haven for terrorists, for extremists, and for organized crime. The two governments engaged in tit-for-tat diplomatic expulsions, and New Delhi temporarily halted visa issuances for Canadian citizens. Secretary of State Antony Blinken expressed deep concern about the allegations and said it was critical that India cooperate with the ongoing Canadian investigation. Although U.S. officials offered support for Congressional Research Service https://crsreports.congress.gov IN12292 CRS INSIGHT Prepared for Members and Committees of Congress

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