Achi news desk-
One of those accused in the murder of Sikh activist from British Columbia, Hardeep Singh Nijjar, appears to have spent a short time as a student at Bow Valley College in Calgary.
Global News reported that a Facebook video posted in December 2019 by EthicWorks Immigration Services shows Karan Brar saying his “study visa has arrived,” along with a photo showing what appears to be a passport with a Canadian study permit. inside it.
A second Facebook account belonging to Karan Brar of Kotkapurna containing photos of the murder suspect suggests he began studying at Bow Valley College in Calgary in April 2020 before moving to Edmonton in May 2020.
Bow Valley College spokeswoman Shannon van Leenen said in a statement that an individual named Karan Brar was enrolled in the college’s eight-month Hospital Unit Clerk certificate program in 2020, but could not confirm whether it was the same person as the man accused in Nijjar’s. murder.
The college declined to say whether the student, named Karan Brar, had completed his course.
In a separate extended statement, the college said it “has no history of ever being associated with a company called EthicWorks Immigration Services.”
EthicWorks, which says it has offices in the Punjab and in Kitchener, Ont., did not respond to a request for comment.
Brar, Kamalpreet Singh and Karanpreet Singh were arrested in Edmonton last week and are expected to appear in Surrey provincial court on May 21 on charges of murder and conspiracy.
Nijjar’s murder triggered a thaw in relations between Canada and India after Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said credible intelligence linked the Indian government to the death, which it denies.
