Indian terrorism in Canada.

On 8 October 2004, the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) unanimously adopted Resolution 1566, concerning threats to international peace and security caused by terrorism. In view of the seriousness of the issue, the Resolution was adopted under Chapter VII of the UN Charter. Paragraph 3 of the Resolution underscores that 'criminal acts, including against civilians, committed with the intent to cause death,' with a view to provoking 'a state of terror in the general public or in a group of persons' which constitute 'offences within the scope of and as defined in the international convention and protocols relating to terrorism'.

Indian state-sponsored assassination of Canadian national Hardeep Singh Nijjar on Canadian soil fits into the definition of criminal acts, offences and terrorism as elaborated in Resolution 1566. Nijjar was a civilian and his assassination terrorised the Sikh community in North America.

It is time for the international community to also take notice of an abominable practice by New Delhi to use its diplomatic missions in foreign countries as launch pads for international terrorism and eliminating foreign nationals it dislikes. According to media reports, communications intercepted by Canadian intelligence of Indian diplomats in

Canada has identified the 'smoking gun', indicating their involvement in the plot to kill Nijjar. The expulsion of the undercover Indian intelligence agency RAW's Station Chief based in the Indian High Commission in Ottawa immediately after Prime Minister Trudeau's revelations in the House of Commons about India's involvement in the assassination of Nijjar proved this point once again.

Use of diplomatic premises by India to launch terrorist attacks in the host country and its neighbours violates the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations of 1961, which is aimed at the 'maintenance of international peace and security, and the promotion of friendly relations among nations.' India must therefore be held accountable for violating the provisions of the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations. Observers believe that the murder of Nijjar by Indian state agents should lead to closer scrutiny of activities of RAW in Western countries and Indian diplomats working undercover in Indian diplomatic missions abroad.

Although RAW is notorious for sponsoring terrorist acts and carrying out hits in India's neighbouring countries, it is for the first time that RAW has dared to bump off a national of a...