NSA Jody Thomas testified that initial intelligence and police investigation into the Hardeep Singh Nijjar assassination suggested that the murder was in retaliation for the killing of Ripudaman Singh Malik,

Justin Trudeau said Canadian officials had first sought cooperation with India “in a responsible way” that doesn’t "blow up" ties between Ottawa and New Delhi.

Canadian journalist Daniel Bordman called Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's recent statement acknowledging that the evidence is intelligence-based rather than concrete on the Khalistan issue as a major win for the Indian narrative.

Jody Thomas, who was NSA at the time of Hardeep Singh Nijjar's murder, told the foreign interference inquiry that members of the Canadian Sikh community were not satisfied with the assessment that the killing was a tit-for-tat for Ripudaman Singh Malik's murder.