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Former R&AW Chief Vikram Sood’s sharp response to Trudeau’s allegation on Hardeep Nijjar

Sep 19, 2023

Bengaluru, Sept 19 (ANI): Former Research and Analysis Wing (R&AW) Chief Vikram Sood on September 19 reacted sharply to Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on the India-Canada row. Talking to ANI, Vikram Sood said Trudeau’s claims about the shooting of Hardeep Singh Nijjar are quite absurd. “I think those claims are quite absurd. He has made a claim without evidence. And having made the claim, he has taken action. Now he wants us to cooperate with him. What is he saying? The whole thing sounds very absurd and illogical,” said Vikram Sood. “Things like this happen between two countries. There is a dispute or an argument on certain issues... Two sovereign nations must talk about things. But this man (Justin Trudeau) has just gone around and decided that he has to do it like this. His visit to India in G20, he wasn’t very happy with that, nor was he with his 2018 visit... If you have relations, you maintain them. Go by the laid down principles if you are a friendly country. We are not enemies but he makes it look as if we are...” Canadian PM Trudeau on September 18 accused the Indian government of being behind the fatal shooting of Hardeep Singh Nijjar. He claimed that his country’s national security officials had reasons to believe that “agents of the Indian government” carried out the killing of the Canadian citizen, who also served as the president of Surrey’s Guru Nanak Sikh Gurdwara. Nijjar, who was wanted in India,...