NIA could take over the probe into Khalistani assaults on Indian High Commission in Canada and US

The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) is more likely to hand over the investigation into the assaults on Indian High Commission within the US and Canada to the National Investigation Agency (NIA). This comes days after an NIA staff reached London on May 23 to probe the assault on Indian High Commission there.

The Special Cell of the Delhi Police filed two separate FIRs in reference to the assaults on the Indian High Commissions in San Francisco and Canada in March of this 12 months.

During the assault on the Indian High Commission in Canada, a grenade was additionally thrown, prompting the Special Cell to register an FIR underneath the UAPA and the Explosive Act on this occasion.

In the identical month, an identical assault on the Indian High Commission occurred in San Francisco. In this case, the Special Cell additionally filed an FIR underneath the UAPA.

Khalistani assaults on Indian diplomatic missions and consulates

At a time when Indian authorities launched a crackdown on pro-Khalistan chief Amritpal Singh, a dinner reception for High Commissioner of India to Canada Sanjay Kumar Verma in Surrey, British Columbia, on March 20, needed to be cancelled because of violent protests by Khalistanis. Back then OpIndia reported how an Indian-origin journalist Sameer Kaushal was “pushed and threatened” by the Khalistanis protesting. 

Back then, India had registered its sturdy protest in opposition to the assaults by Khalistani parts. The international workplace in New Delhi had summoned Canada’s High Commissioner and sought a proof on how the Khalistani parts had been permitted to violate the safety of the Indian diplomatic mission and consulates within the presence of police.

“The Government of Canada was reminded of its obligations under the Vienna Convention, and was asked to arrest and prosecute individuals who have already been identified as being involved in such acts,” the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said again then.

Khalistani terrorists assault Indian Consulate in San Francisco 

On March 19, 2023, the Khalistanis launched an assault on the Indian consulate in San Francisco within the United States. The Khalistani terrorists breached the native authorities’ makeshift safety barricades, positioned two Khalistani flags contained in the consulate, and precipitated vital injury to the constructing. Two consulate personnel later eliminated the flags.

The NIA Act was amended in 2019 permitting NIA probes overseas

On August 2, 2019, Prime Minister Narendra Modi revised the NIA Act to permit the company to conduct investigations on international land. A authorities notification mentioned, “In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (2) of section 1 of the National Investigation Agency (Amendment) Act, 2019 (16 of 2019), the central government hereby appoints the 2nd August 2019, as the date on which the provisions of the said Act shall come into force.” On July 17, 2019, the parliament enacted a regulation on this regard.

The modification included a major provision that prolonged the NIA’s authority to analyze offences dedicated outdoors of India. This provision, nonetheless, is topic to present worldwide treaties in addition to the home legal guidelines of the international locations concerned.