Wiretaps from the Shadows: How Indian Assassins and Western Trade Deals Bury the Truth About a Sikh Martyr, By Charles Taylor (Florida)

Parked in the misty parking lot of Surrey's Guru Nanak Sikh Gurdwara, on June 18, 2023, Hardeep Singh Nijjar, a plumber by trade, a Khalistan advocate by conviction, climbed into his truck after prayers. Masked gunmen, hooded and hooded in shadows, fired 50 rounds. Nijjar slumped dead, windows shattered, his sons rushing to the scene in vain. It wasn't random violence. It was a hit, orchestrated from afar, and now, two years later, intercepted whispers from the Five Eyes alliance confirm what many feared: India's government, from the corridors of power to Modi's inner circle, pulled the trigger.

Global News dropped the bombshell on November 7, 2025: British intelligence tipped off Canada to communications linking New Delhi to the plot. Canadian intercepts corroborated it, conversations implicating high-level officials, including Amit Shah, Modi's enforcer-in-chief. "Successfully eliminated," one wiretap gloated, per Bloomberg's scoop, which Global confirmed and expanded. This wasn't rogue actors; it was statecraft with silencers. Four alleged hitmen, Indian nationals on temp visas, tied to the Lawrence Bishnoi gang, face trial in Edmonton and Brampton. But the real culprits? They sip chai in Parliament, untouched.

Nijjar wasn't a saint or a monster, he was a Sikh separatist, a thorn in India's side. Born in Punjab's Jalandhar in 1977, he fled to Canada in 1997 amid crackdowns on Khalistan dreams. There, he built a life: plumbing business, family, gurdwara president. But he never forgot the 1984 Golden Temple assault, Operation Blue Star, that killed thousands, including civilians, and sparked Indira Gandhi's assassination by her Sikh guards. To India, Nijjar was a terrorist, head of the Khalistan Tiger Force, plotting bombings (claims his supporters call smears). To Canada's 800,000 Sikhs, the world's largest diaspora, he was a voice for self-determination, organising referendums via Sikhs for Justice.

Canada's stance? Free speech for all, even "extremists," a tiny fringe, per Ottawa. India seethes: Khalistanis fundraise and agitate from safe havens like Surrey, vandalising temples and consulates. A leaked April 2023 Indian memo ordered "concrete measures" against diaspora dissidents, per The Intercept, Nijjar topped the list. CSIS warned him of plots; he met handlers weekly. Yet, on that June evening, protection failed. Gunmen in a silver Camry fled; a coordinated ambush, video shows.

The fallout? Diplomatic Armageddon. Trudeau's 2023 finger-point froze ties: expelled envoys, halted trade talks, visa chaos. Arrests in May 2024, three hitmen charged with first-degree murder, brought glimmers, but no closure. U.S. indictments linked the same Indian spy network to plots against Gurpatwant Singh Pannun, another Khalistani. Echoes in the UK: Avtar Singh Khanda's "poisoning" death days before Nijjar's.

These intercepts? "Strong evidence," says ex-CSIS honcho Dan Stanton. Five Eyes, Canada, UK, US, Australia, NZ, is the "gold standard." GCHQ's tip: chatter on Nijjar's hit, plus US/UK targets. Canada's follow-up: Shah's name drops. Yet India stonewalls: No comment from Ottawa's High Commission; crickets from New Delhi.

And the world? Yawns. Bloomberg broke it Wednesday; Global fleshed it Friday. But CNN? BBC? NYT? Fox? Scanning headlines on November 8, 2025: Zilch on the intercepts. Old 2023-2024 recaps, sure, Trudeau's accusations, arrests. No fresh outrage over Shah's shadow. Why? The lamestream blackout. Trade trumps truth.

Enter Mark Carney, Canada's PM since April 2025 snap elections, ex-Bank of England wizard. He's thawed the freeze: G7 sideline chats with Modi in June, high commissioners back, a shiny "roadmap" for trade, tech, minerals. Bilateral trade? $23.6 billion in 2024, eyeing $50 billion. India's pharma floods Canada; Canadian veggies and fuels flow back. Carney invites Jaishankar to G7 foreign ministers' huddle in Niagara, November 11-12, days after the intercepts drop.

The World Sikh Organization seethes: "A betrayal of Sikh Canadians... and Canada's own sovereignty." Balpreet Singh nails it: Rebuilding ties while "India continues to target Sikh activists on Canadian soil." Carney's pivot? Pragmatism amid Trump tariffs and China spats, diversify or die. India needs markets; Canada needs buffers. Human rights? Extrajudicial hits? Collateral damage.

This is the West's sorry playbook: Sovereignty for sale. When Khashoggi's body bag hit Saudi PR, outrage roared. But a Sikh plumber's murder? Shhh, deals pending. X erupts with Sikh fury: "Carney shakes hands with Modi's killers?" one post thunders, racking views. Mainstream? Mute. Money intervenes, again.

International law? Shredded. Extrajudicial killing on foreign soil, Nijjar was Canadian, gunned for his words. UN covenants scream violation; yet no sanctions, no howls. India's R&AW, per U.S. filings, ran the show, proxies like Bishnoi for deniability. Echoes of Mumbai '26/11: State terror with gang muscle.

For Sikhs, it's existential. Khalistan isn't conquest, it's redress for Blue Star scars, farmer protests crushed, Punjab's "disappeared." Canada, their haven, now hosts handshakes with the accused. "The inability... to hold India accountable," WSO laments, a sovereignty gut-punch.

Trade and money muffle the meek.

https://globalnews.ca/news/11514695/intercepted-communications-india-temple-assassination-canada/