Canada, Bishnoi and India
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Explainer: Who is Lawrence Bishnoi, at centre of spat between India and Canada?
India and Canada expelled six of each others' diplomats in tit-for-tat moves after Ottawa accused Indian government agents of links to the 2023 murder of a Sikh separatist leader near Vancouver.
Canada failed to act on India’s request to extradite Lawrence Bishnoi gang, says Ministry of External Affairs
The MEA had informed Canada about the Lawrence Bishnoi gang and its syndicates and requested their provisional arrest and extradition some years back, and also recently.
Asked Canada to extradite Lawrence Bishnoi gang members, got no response: India
MEA spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said that similar extradition requests of syndicates linked to the Bishnoi gang were made recently as well, but Canada has not responded yet.
India-Canada row: ‘No action on request to arrest Lawrence Bishnoi gang members’, says MEA
Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said this in response to a query during his weekly briefing as he fielded questions on India-Canada ties, a day after Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau testified before a Commission of Inquiry.
Explained: How is Lawrence Bishnoi Linked to the India-Canada Diplomatic Row?
In the wake of the ongoing diplomatic tensions between India and Canada, both countries expelled six diplomats from each side in a tit-for-tat move. The actions followed accusations from Canada, which claimed that Indian government agents were involved in the killing of Khalistani separatist Hardeep Singh Nijjar in June last year near
India counters Canada: Sought arrest of Lawrence Bishnoi gang members, no action taken
Significantly, while rejecting Canada's allegations linking Indian diplomats to the killing of Khalistan separatist Hardeep Singh Nijjar, India also underlined its “strong and vibrant” economic ties with Canada.
Asked Canada to extradite Lawrence Bishnoi gang members, no response from Ottawa yet, says MEA
India had sought the extradition of Lawrence Bishnoi gang members from Canada but is yet to receive a response from Ottawa, the MEA said Thursday.
MEA says Canada failed to act against Lawrence Bishnoi gang despite India's request
The Ministry of External Affairs said on Thursday that India had shared some requests with Canada for the arrest of some members of the Lawrance Bishnoi gang but it didn't act on New Delhi's core concerns. The MEA also rejected "false imputations against our diplomats".
26 extradition requests for Lawrence Bishnoi gang members pending with Canada: India amid diplomatic row
Stating that the Canadian government has not taken any action on India's core concerns, MEA spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said, "There is a political motive also behind this".
Who is Lawrence Bishnoi, the gangster at the centre of India-Canada spat?
Canadian officials this week said Bishnoi’s gang was targeting Sikh dissidents at the behest of the Indian government.
No action from Canada on India’s request to arrest Lawrence Bishnoi gang members: MEA
India on Thursday said it had shared with the Canadian government security-related information regarding members of the Lawrence Bishnoi gang and other gangs, seeking their arrest, but so far “no action” has been taken by Ottawa.
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