4 Nijjar killing accused not in custody? Canada denies

VANCOUVER: Documents released by the Justice Department of British Columbia, Canada, show that all four alleged accused in the murder of NIA-designated terrorist Hardeep Singh Nijjar appear to be no longer in custody.

Case documents show 'N' against the status of them being in custody, said news agency ANI. Karan Brar, 22, Karanpreet Singh, 28, and Kamalpreet Singh, 22, were taken into custody in Edmonton on May 3. A fourth accused identified as Amandeep Singh, 22, was already in the custody of Peel Regional Police in Ontario for unrelated firearms charges and was also arrested for the said crime on May 11.

According to the Integrated Homicide Investigation Team (IHIT) in British Columbia, they are accused of murder and conspiracy. Police personnel, however, had not given any evidence of any link to India as was being speculated in the Canadian media. India had dismissed the acusations as "absurd" and "motivated".

However, other media reports said Canada has denied that the accused have got bail.