This acknowledgment follows years of concerns raised by India about the activities of Khalistani elements on Canadian soil.

Police charged Navjeet Singh with two counts of dangerous operation of a motor vehicle causing death and one count of obstructing a peace officer.

“They have taken credit for vast violence in Canada and abroad,” Caputo wrote, citing political shootings, extortion of Indian-Canadians and “extreme violence” carried out religious and ideological reasons.

The building that houses the "embassy" reportedly received C$150,000 in recent taxpayer-funded grants from the British Columbia government for accessibility upgrades—drawing sharp criticism from local Indo-Canadian leaders and observers.

Of those, 431 have been found guilty of serious crimes such as sexual assault, with 315 having evaded authorities for more than three years.

“I was driving too fast and panicked after I realised I had hit Mr. Singh”

The shooting was claimed by Harjit Singh Laddi, a wanted terrorist linked to the banned Khalistani group Babbar Khalsa International, according to India’s NIA.

According to temple authorities, the gunfire rang out while worshippers were inside, forcing panicked devotees to take cover and interrupting evening prayers.

Mr X had travelled with Khalistani extremist leader Talwinder Singh Parmar and bomb-maker Inderjit Singh Reyat to Duncan, British Columbia, on 4 June 1985 to test an explosive device in a wooded area.

The report stressed that only a group of individuals based in Canada are involved, but they remain active in “promotion, fundraising or planning of violence primarily in India.”