A Canadian Border Agency officer who was accused of terrorism in India has been given a clean slate by his employer, the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA), and has been reinstated. Sandeep “Sunny” Singh Sidhu, who is wanted in India for promoting terrorism and killing a Shaurya Chakra awardee in Punjab, has been reinstated as superintendent by the CBSA, the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) reported. The CBSA cleared Sidhu after an investigation by the Canadian Security Intelligence Service.

The so-called investigation and subsequent acquittal of the terror accused comes as Canada’s ties with India hit a new low. The two countries are engaged in a diplomatic battle after his rule Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has repeatedly accused “agents” of the Indian government for involvement in the killing of Khalistani terrorist Hardeep Singh Nijjar without providing any evidence.

Sidhu, according to India’s National Investigation Agency (NIA), is also a member of the International Sikh Youth Federation (ISYF) and is associated with Khalistani terror networks and Pakistan’s notorious spy agency Inter Service Intelligence (ISI).

Sandeep Singh Sidhu, also known as “Sunny Toronto”, was added to the list of fugitives seeking deportation by the Indian government in October.

Sidhu was then shunned from his frontline job after allegations of terror emerged.

In October, the Canadian government recognized that fugitive on terror charges Sandeep Singh Sidhu was on his payroll.

Sidhu told the CBC that the CBSA brought in the Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) to conduct two days of polygraph tests on him. In October, the CBSA said it found nothing to support the claims and reinstated Sidhu.

“I went through a year-long investigation where they talked to my family, they talked to my colleagues, they looked at my financial statements, they looked at my bank statements, my phone records.” Sidhu told CBC.

Although Sidhu was reinstated, the CBC reports that his lawyers argue that the Canadian government should have provided a stronger defense against the actions of a foreign government.

WHO IS WANTED BY TERROR SANDEEP SINGH SIDHU?

Terrorist Sandeep Singh Sidhu, 43, aka Toronto Sunny, told the CBC he was born and raised in Prince George, British Columbia. The last time he was in India was in 2018 for a wedding, he claimed.

In India, he was accused of murdering Balwinder Singh Sandhu, a Shaurya Chakra awardee and Canadian citizen, outside his home in Bhikhiwind, Tarn Taran district of Punjab, in October 2020.

Balwinder Singh Sandhu, a teacher, was decorated with Shaurya Chakra for his role in fighting Khalistani terrorism in Punjab in the 1990s. He was against Khalistan referendums led by the Sikhs for Justice (SFJ) in foreign countries, according to a report in The Week.

Sandeep Sidhu along with other ISI officials lured Balwinder Singh Sandhu’s killer with promises of money and a house in Canada to commit the murder, according to a Times of India report.

The case was later transferred to the National Investigation Agency (ANI) in 2021.

The NIA informed the Supreme Court that operatives of the banned Khalistan Liberation Force (KLF) orchestrated the plot and coordinated the assassination of Sandhu.

According to an NIA file, Sidhu was involved in promoting terrorist activities in Punjab and is also alleged to have links with Pakistan-based Lakhbir Singh Rode, nephew of Khalistani leader Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale, who is designated a terrorist in India under with UAPA as well as Khalistani Gurjot Kaur from USA.

Sandeep Singh Sidhu is also accused of association with the Khalistan global terror networks and is said to have links with the ISI.

Toronto Sunny now joins the long list of those accused of terrorism by India against whom Canada has not acted and given sanctuary.