Canada-based gangster Satinder Singh Brar, alias Goldy Brar, allegedly involved in the killing of Punjabi singer Shubhdeep Singh Sidhu, known as Sidhu Moosewala, has been named among the country’s top 25 wanted fugitives by the Canadian government.
The announcement from Ottawa came amid a number of meetings between India and Canada, as both sides have attempted to reset and revive ties in the past few months.
In February, Canadian Foreign Minister Melanie Joly travelled to Delhi for bilateral talks with External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar after a freeze in relations between 2020 and 2022 over a number of issues. Prime Minister Narendra Modi met his Canadian counterpart, Justin Trudeau, in June last year and is expected to welcome him for the G-20 summit in Delhi in September.