Hardeep Singh Nijjar 'faked' a marriage in 1997 to obtain Canadian citizenship.

During the India-Canada diplomatic crisis over the assassination of separatist leader Hardeep Sing Nijjar, reports indicated that Indian agencies informed the Canadian government about his terrorist activities and his 1997 flight to Canada, but Canada did not take action. According to sources cited by the news agency PTI, Nijjar had applied for asylum in Canada on the grounds that he dreaded persecution in India due to his membership in "....