The BAPS Shri Swaminarayan Mandir confirmed the incident occurred overnight on 10 August, with volunteers describing it as an act of “hate and intolerance against Hindus.”
TRF is widely known as a proxy of Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), a Pakistan-based terrorist group allegedly long backed by the country’s Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) agency.
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.
“Some countries use cross-border terrorism as an instrument of policy and provide shelter to terrorists. There should be no place for such double standards.”
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.”
Tawhedi and his co-conspirator, Abdullah Haji Zada, 18, attempted to purchase two AK-47s, 500 rounds of ammunition, and 10 magazines between June and October 2024.
The move follows India’s announcement of sending seven all-party delegations abroad to present its stance after the April 22 Pahalgam terror attack and Operation Sindoor.
The crash killed 42-year-old mother Nancy Lefrançois and her 11-year-old son Loïc Chevalier, who were travelling in a passenger vehicle struck in the collision.
