Killing of B.C. Sikh leader reportedly captured on camera

Members of the temple where Hardeep Singh Nijjar served as president say they've turned video surveillance over to police of the attack that claimed his life.

The final moments of murdered B.C. Sikh activist Hardeep Singh Nijjar were caught on camera, according to members of the Surrey gurdwara where he served as president.

Nijjar was gunned down in his truck outside the Guru Nanak Sikh Gurdwara on the evening of June 18. The killing has became a major diplomatic flashpoint this month, after Prime Minister Justin Trudeau told Parliament there were “credible allegations” of a “potential link” between “agents of the government of India” and the killing.

As first reported by the Washington Post, the shooting was captured on the gurdwara’s security cameras.

Global News has not viewed the video, which the temple is not making public, but leaders say it has been turned over to the RCMP and Integrated Homicide Investigation Team (IHIT).

Gurdwara volunteer Gurkeerat Singh told Global News he had seen a 90-second clip of the footage.

“This was pre-planned and well orchestrated — there was definitely more than two people involved in this murder,” he said.

Singh said the video shows Nijjar getting into his vehicle and beginning to drive, when a white car pulls up and begins driving alongside him.

As Nijjar turns towards the gurdwara parking lot’s exit, the white car pulls in front of him and blocks him off, before two men who were waiting under a covered area approach, raise firearms and open fire.