Acts of violence and terror have no place in Canada,
Especially those that target specific communities to create a climate of fear and intimidation,” an official statement said. The development comes more than a week after National Security Advisor Ajit Doval and his Canadian counterpart Nathalie Drouin held wide-ranging talks in New Delhi.
Specific communities have been targeted for terror, violence and intimidation by the Bishnoi Gang. Listing this group of criminal terrorists gives us more powerful and effective tools to confront and put a stop to their crimes,” Public Safety Minister Gary Anandasangaree said on Monday
With the addition of the Bishnoi Gang, there are now 88 terrorist entities listed under the Criminal Code in Canada.
A terrorist listing gives the federal government the power to freeze or seize property, vehicles and money, along with giving Canadian law enforcement additional tools to prosecute terrorist offences, including those related to financing, travel and recruitment, according to an official statement.The notification – another step forward in repairing India-Canada ties after an all-out diplomatic war in the final months of Justin Trudeau’s prime ministership – comes a month after a Canadian MP, Frank Caputo, urged Anandasangaree to slap the ‘terrorist’ tag on Bishnoi.
Caputo, the shadow Public Safety Minister, wrote to Anandasangaree to highlight Bishnoi’s vast criminal empire and said it was guilty of assassinations and the extortion of Canadian citizens, and engaged in such illegal activities for “political, religious, and ideological reasons
“The Bishnoi gang’s activities lay the groundwork for listing it as a terrorist entity. As you know, they have taken credit for vast violence in Canada and abroad,” he said in the letter shared on X.
He also pointed to appeals by four other Canadian politicians, including Patrick Brown, the Mayor of Brampton, which is home to about 20 per cent of Canada’s Sikh population.
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