Canada is investigating whether India is linked to the slaying of a Sikh activist

By ROB GILLIES
Associated Press

TORONTO (AP) — Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says Canada is investigating whether the Indian government is linked to the assassination of a Canadian citizen in Canada. Trudeau says Canadian intelligence agencies have been looking into the allegations after Sikh leader Hardeep Singh Nijjar was gunned down outside the Guru Nanak Sikh Gurdwara in Surrey, British Columbia, on June 18. Nijjar was a strong supporter of an independent Sikh homeland known as Khalistan. Trudeau says he brought up the slaying with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the G-20 last week, and asked for cooperation in the investigation.