India had sought extradition of Lawrence Bishnoi gang members from Canada a couple of years again, the Ministry of Exterior Affairs stated on Thursday.
Throughout a press briefing, MEA spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal stated that comparable extradition requests of syndicates linked to the Bishnoi gang have been made not too long ago as nicely, however Canada has not responded but.
“We knowledgeable Canada in regards to the Lawrence Bishnoi gang and its syndicates and requested their provisional arrest and extradition some years again, and in addition not too long ago. Nonetheless, there was no response from Canada thus far”, he stated.
The Exterior Affairs Ministry additionally stated that Canada at all times introduced forth ‘freedom of speech’ as their argument each time India sought motion towards anti-India and separatist parts.
The federal government’s assertion got here a day after Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau named gangster Lawrence Bishnoi, who was earlier talked about by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) for being concerned within the homicide of Khalistani terrorist Hardeep Singh Nijjar in September final yr.
Trudeau alleged that Indian diplomats have been accumulating data on Canadians and passing it to the Lawrence Bishnoi gang.
Trudeau, who testified earlier than the nation’s overseas interference inquiry, claimed that the Canadian businesses tried to work behind the scenes with India earlier than he went public with the allegations within the Nijjar killing.
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