Went public to deter India, says Trudeau

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said that his statement on September 18 in the House of Commons about "credible allegations" linking Indian agents to the killing of pro-Khalistan figure Hardeep Singh Nijjar was meant to deter New Delhi from continuing such actions in the country.

- Anirudh Bhattacharyya

In an interview with the agency Canadian Press, Trudeau said, "We felt that all the quiet diplomacy and all the measures that we put in, and ensured that our security services put in to keep people safe in the community, needed a further level of deterrence, perhaps of saying publicly and loudly that we know, or we have credible reasons to believe, that the Indian government was behind this." 

He added, "And, therefore, put a chill on them continuing or considering doing anything like this." He said the statement was made because "too many Canadians were worried that they were vulnerable".