"CBC News has seen evidence that suggests an Indian diplomat was in close contact with Ripudaman Singh Malik by phone and text in the hours leading up to his shooting — as reported in March in the
Fifth Estate documentary
Contract to Kill."
"Singh Malik died in a hail of gunfire in the Newton area of Surrey. Some suspected he was the target of internecine feuds between current and former Sikh separatists, or the victim of a business dispute, because he had already made peace with the government of India a few years earlier.
Indian government sources quoted in Indian media pushed that narrative. India issued Singh Malik a visa and allowed him to return home and visit family in Punjab in 2019."
"Singh Malik's apparent abandonment of the Khalistani cause angered some more radical elements of the Sikh separatist movement. Indian media have suggested that his murder was the result of internecine feuds within Canada's Sikh community.
Some accused Hardeep Singh Nijjar and his allies of the killing."
Some years ago, India began to offer former Sikh separatists in Canada a deal: forgiveness for past deeds in return for renunciation of their separatist goals. That renunciation typically took the form of a letter.
"One man who took advantage of that process was Jaspal Singh Atwal. In 1986, Atwal shot Malkiat Singh Sidhu, who was visiting British Columbia for his nephew's wedding. Sidhu was a cabinet minister in the Sikh-majority state of Punjab, where separatists hope to locate a future independent Sikh state. Sidhu survived the shooting and Atwal was sentenced to 20 years in prison.
Atwal became a source of embarrassment for the Trudeau government when he was invited to a dinner during the prime minister's first visit to India in 2018, and posed for a photograph with Sophie Gregoire Trudeau. In fact, Atwal was in India with the knowledge and permission of the Indian government."
"Atwal had gone through a process with the Indian Consulate in Vancouver through which he renounced his former ideology and membership in the International Sikh Youth Federation — a group banned in both India and Canada — in return for forgiveness and
removal of his name from India's travel blacklist.
The same process would be made available to Ripudaman Singh Malik, and the Indian consular official who would guide him through it was a fellow Sikh with a long career in India's diplomatic service."
People tend to forget what started it all , the removal of people from the black list.
There is something or someone in the black list that rattles turdeue.
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