Police arrest 3 in killing of B.C. Sikh activist Hardeep Singh Nijjar

Three people have been arrested and charged in the killing of B.C. Sikh activist Hardeep Singh Nijjar.

Three people have been arrested and charged in the killing of B.C. Sikh activist Hardeep Singh Nijjar.

Court documents show Karanpreet Singh, Kamalpreet Singh and Karan Brar are each facing one count first-degree murder and one count of conspiracy to commit murder in Nijjar's death.

Nijjar, 45, was gunned down outside his gurdwara in Surrey, B.C., on June 18, 2023.

The indictments Friday allege the conspiracy unfolded in both Surrey and Edmonton between May 1, 2023 and the date of Nijjar's killing.

The B.C. RCMP and the Integrated Homicide Investigation Team are scheduled to provide an update on the case at 12:30 p.m. PT Friday.

The killing sparked a diplomatic crisis between Canada and India after Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced that intelligence services were investigating information about a potential link between India's government and the killing.

Nijjar was the president of the Guru Nanak Sikh Gurdwara where he was shot dead in broad daylight by two masked gunmen.