Karan Brar, Kamalpreet Singh and Karanpreet Singh, three of 4 people charged with murdering Hardeep Singh Nijjar in 2023, seem in Surrey Provincial Court in Surrey, Canada, on May 21, 2024, in a courtroom sketch.
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Three Indian nationals accused of killing Khalistan separatist Hardeep Singh Nijjar final yr appeared in individual for the primary time in a Canadian courtroom on May 21, with the decide ordering them to haven’t any contact with a number of individuals in the neighborhood.
Karan Brar (22), Kamalpreet Singh (22), and Karanpreet Singh (28) appeared in individual on the British Columbia Provincial Court in Surrey and Amandeep Singh (22) appeared by way of video hyperlink, the Vancouver Sun reported.
The British Columbia decide has ordered all 4 of them to haven’t any contact with a number of individuals in the neighborhood of their newest courtroom look, the report added.
Those showing in individual wore pink jail sweatsuits as they entered the courtroom, whereas Amandeep stays in custody in Ontario the place he was dealing with unrelated weapons earlier than being arrested on May 10 for Nijjar’s killing.
Judge Mark Jette spoke to the boys by an interpreter as he positioned them beneath the no-contact order, earlier than adjourning till the suspects’ subsequent look on June 25.
Richard Fowler, the lawyer representing Karan Brar, advised the Vancouver Sun,” It’s fully comprehensible given the context why there is a gigantic quantity of group curiosity on this case. That degree of group curiosity makes me…to make sure that these charged with these offences have a good trial.”
“And I have no doubt the members of East Indian community, broader Canadian community and the international community are equally interested in ensuring that there was a fair trial, that justice is done.”
Attendees on the newest listening to for the boys have been searched earlier than coming into the courthouse, whereas a protest by supporters of Nijjar and the Sikh separatist motion he championed was happening exterior.
Sheriffs on the listening to positioned peoples’ telephones in plastic zipper baggage and saved them exterior the courtroom in plastic bins, with the decide warning observers that recording audio and taking footage was prohibited, the report added.
Hundreds of native Sikhs carrying Khalistan flags and posters confirmed up on the courthouse.
Nijjar, 45, was killed exterior Guru Nanak Sikh Gurdwara in Surrey, British Columbia on June 18, 2023.
The ties between India and Canada got here beneath extreme pressure following Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s allegations in September final yr of the “potential” involvement of Indian brokers within the killing of Nijjar.
Source: www.thehindu.com
