Bishnoi gang now listed as a terrorist entity in Canada – Nationwide

Canada has listed the Bishnoi gang as a terrorist entity, following calls from Conservative and NDP politicians.

The itemizing bars Canadians from financing or aiding the group led by Lawrence Bishnoi, the gang’s chief in India who has reportedly co-ordinated legal actions from a cellphone inside a jail.

Final 12 months the RCMP accused India of utilizing the Bishnoi gang to hold out murders and acts of extortion focusing on Canadians, notably those that advocate for the creation of a separate Sikh nation to be known as Khalistan.

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New Delhi has rejected these claims, and says it has as a substitute been working with Ottawa to attempt to cease the gang’s monetary flows to Canada.

The brand new designation permits authorities to grab property and freeze accounts, and Ottawa says it will assist struggle crime focusing on distinguished members of India’s diaspora in Canada.

Wesley Wark, a senior fellow with the Centre for Worldwide Governance Innovation, has beforehand stated {that a} terror itemizing doubtless gained’t deter the gang, as Canada’s important problem is an absence of capability in gathering legal intelligence.