MEA spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal on Thursday at a press briefing informed that 26 extradition request have been sent by India to Canada for wanted criminals including terrorists and Lawrence Bishnoi gangsters but that no action has been taken by Canada.
The MEA also added that instead of taking action, Canada is now claiming that those criminals are executing crimes in Canada.
26 extradition request have been sent by India to Canada for wanted criminals including terrorists and Lawrence Bishnoi gangsters. No action taken since long, Instead now they are saying those criminals are doing crimes in canada: MEA Spox pic.twitter.com/LFtb5esdco
— Megh Updates ™ (@MeghUpdates) October 17, 2024
#WATCH | MEA spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal says, “We had shared some requests with the Canadian side for the arrest of those from Lawrence Bishnoi’s gang. They haven’t taken any action on our core concerns. There is a political motive also behind this.” pic.twitter.com/sK8dbQk13l
— ANI (@ANI) October 17, 2024
“We find it really strange that now people who we wanted to be deported or action to be taken, we are being told that, RCMP (Royal Canadian Mounted Police) is blaming Indian side for the crimes committed by these people in Canada,” Jaiswal said.
#WATCH | MEA spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal says, ” There are 26 extradition requests pending with Canadian side, these are over the last decade or more, along with that there are several provisional arrest requests which are also pending with Canadian side of certain… pic.twitter.com/WQnLsj2DoZ
— ANI (@ANI) October 17, 2024
Earlier at the Commission of Inquiry and amid the ongoing diplomatic tensions between India and Canada, Canadian PM Justin Trudeau at Foreign Interference Commission alleged that “Canadians who are opponents of Modi government, their information was passed to the Indian govt at the highest level and then information directed through criminal organisations like the Lawrence Bishnoi gang resulted in violence against Canadians on the ground.”
Indian diplomats were collecting information on Canadians & passing to Lawrence Bishnoi Gang says Canada PM Justin Trudeau at foreign interference commission.
This is explosive stuff, the gloves are off, it’s high time Canada goes public with the so called proof, if there is any pic.twitter.com/PAG3I5pWkw
— Ramandeep Singh Mann (@ramanmann1974) October 16, 2024
At Foreign Interference Commission, Canadian PM Justin Trudeau says, “Canadians who are opponents of Modi govt, their information was passed to the indian govt at the highest level and then information directed through criminal organisations like the Lawrence Bishnoi gang… pic.twitter.com/8UfKdunEg8
— ANI (@ANI) October 16, 2024
In an official response to media queries regarding PM of Canada’s deposition at the Commission of Inquiry, New Delhi, in a statement said, “What we have heard today only confirms what we have been saying consistently all along – Canada has presented us no evidence whatsoever in support of the serious allegations that it has chosen to level against India and Indian diplomats. The responsibility for the damage that this cavalier behaviour has caused to India-Canada relations lies with Prime Minister Trudeau alone.”
