New Delhi: The Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) said that there are no allegations against its employee Sandeep Singh Sidhu. Sidhu is wanted in India for “promoting terrorist activities” in Punjab and the murder of a Shaurya Chakra awardee in Punjab’s Tarn Taran. India had added a CBSA official, identified as Sandeep Singh Sidhu, to its list of fugitive terrorists sought for deportation.
In response to an email query to Times Now, the Canada Border Security Agency said that there is no evidence to support the allegations against Sidhu. This comes after India added a Canadian Border Service Agency (CBSA) official, identified as Sandeep Singh Sidhu, to its list of fugitive terrorists sought for deportation. India and Canada is already engaged in diplomatic row over the killing of Khalistani terrorist Hardeep Singh Nijjar.
What Canada Border Service Agency Said?
The Canada Border Service Agency said that it is "aware of the allegations raised in articles," adding that it has "no evidence to support the allegations."
"All CBSA employees are subject to background checks and reviews prior to their employment, periodically throughout their career and in response to allegations that call into question their reliability. The CBSA can confirm that we have no evidence to support the allegations made in these articles," the email read.
Who Is Sandeep Singh Sidhu?
43-year-old Sandeep Singh Sidhu is an accused in the October 2020 assassination of Balwinder Singh Sandhu, a 2020 Shaurya Chakra awardee and Canadian national, outside his home at Bhikhiwind in Punjab’s Tarn Taran district
The National Investigation Agency (NIA), which took over the investigation in 2021, told the Supreme Court that operatives with the banned terror outfit Khalistan Liberation Force (KLF) hatched the conspiracy and masterminded Sandhu’s murder.
Sidhu is reportedly a CBSA superintendent living in Abbotsford, British Columbia and is alleged to have promoted terrorist activities in Punjab. He is also accused of having links with the Pakistan-based Lakhbir Singh Rode, the nephew of radical Sikh preacher Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale, a designated terrorist in India under the UAPA, and Sikh separatist Gurjot Kaur.
According to Indian agencies, Sidhu is also a member of the International Sikh Youth Federation (ISYF). The ISYF, reportedly, remains banned in India, Australia, Japan, the US, and Canada.