Thomas's remark confirmed India's stance that there is no involvement of the the Government of India in Nijjar's killing and PM Justin Trudeau's "baseless" allegations are part of his government's smear campaign against New Delhi.

The former national security advisor for Canada said that initially Hardeep Singh Nijjar's death was considered a retaliation for Ripudaman Malik's murder

Thomas, who was NSA at the time when Nijjar was shot dead in Surrey last year, appeared before Canada’s foreign interference inquiry

Jody Thomas, who was NSA at the time of Hardeep Singh Nijjar's murder, told the foreign interference inquiry that members of the Canadian Sikh community were not satisfied with the assessment that the killing was a tit-for-tat for Ripudaman Singh Malik's murder.

Amid the ongoing and intensifying India-Canada Diplomatic Row, Jody Thomas, former National Security Adviser (NSA) has revealed in a recent testimony, how the Canada Police changed its track in the investigation of the killing of Hardeep Singh Nijjar,

NSA Jody Thomas testified that initial intelligence and police investigation into the Hardeep Singh Nijjar assassination suggested that the murder was in retaliation for the killing of Ripudaman Singh Malik,

Jody Thomas has said that initial intelligence and police probe had suggested Khalistani terrorist Hardeep Singh Nijjar was killed in retaliation for the murder of Ripudaman Singh Malik, who was accused of involvement in the 1985 Air India Kanishka bombing.