The United States has charged Lawrence Bishnoi, the imprisoned head of an Indian criminal gang, and his North American deputy with directing the 2023 murder of Sikh leader Hardeep ​Singh Nijjar in Canada, which plunged relations between Ottawa and New Delhi into crisis. A ‌federal indictment unseal»»»

Canadian law enforcement has said there was no evidence to suggest Indian officials were linked in any manner to the slew of charges filed after Operation Hard Ball, led by the US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). The charges that were announced during a press conference in Los Angeles on Tues»»»