The fourth man charged in the shooting death of Surrey gurdwara president Hardeep Singh Nijjar had to make his first 害羞草研究所渁ppearance害羞草研究所� in Surrey provincial court on May 15 by telephone from Ontario, where he is being held.

害羞草研究所淏ecause of technical incompatibility between our court and courts in Ontario Mr. Singh is not able to appear by video,害羞草研究所� Judge Mark Jette noted.

害羞草研究所淪pecifically I害羞草研究所檓 told that the Ontario court system uses a different messaging system than we do and they害羞草研究所檙e not able to communicate with each other.害羞草研究所�

While B.C. uses Microsoft Teams, Ontario uses Zoom.

Amandeep Singh, 22, is charged with first-degree murder and conspiracy to commit murder in connection with the June 18, 2023 killing of Nijjar, 45.

When he was arrested by the Integrated Homicide Investigation Team (IHIT) on May 11 he was already in custody at the time for unrelated firearm charges out of Peel Regional Police in Ontario.

Singh is an Indian national who has lived in Brampton, Surrey and Abbotsford.

Nijjar was shot to death in the parking lot of Guru Nanak Sikh Gurdwara in Newton. He was found in his truck suffering from gunshot wounds.

Bhupinder Singh Hothi, general secretary of Surrey's Guru Nanak Gurdwara, outside Surrey provincial court Wednesday following 1st court appearance of 4th murder suspect in Nijjar shooting.

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Singh was ordered to not have contact with three members of Nijjar害羞草研究所檚 family and four other people. Jette also made a mandatory detention order under Section 515 (11) of the Criminal Code, with the help of a Punjabi interpreter.

Three other suspects from Edmonton had already been arrested and charged in the killing. Karan Brar, 22, Kamalpreet Singh, 22, and Karanpreet Singh, 28, are also charged with first-degree murder and conspiracy to commit murder.

The four are to make their next court appearance on May 21, with Amandeep Singh again by phone and the other three by video from penal institutions within B.C.

On May 7 demonstrators gathered outside of Surrey provincial court while Karan Brar, Karanpreet Singh and Kamalpreet Singh made their first court appearance virtually by video.

Community members outside came with flags and signs, with some reciting religious chants quietly under their breaths as they hoped to learn more about how the Crown害羞草研究所檚 case will unfold.

May 15 saw a second round of this.

Bhupinder Singh Hothi, general secretary of the Guru Nanak Sikh Gurdwara, said outside the courthouse that it害羞草研究所檚 the group害羞草研究所檚 intention to attend every court appearance.

害羞草研究所淲e are all ready to attend all the hearings that will be held in this case,害羞草研究所� he said.

害羞草研究所淏ecause it is our leader Hardeep Singh Nijjar that got murdered and you know the cause he got murdered for, for raising his voice for the own Khalistan,害羞草研究所� Hothi said. 害羞草研究所淪o he was our leader of that moment so that害羞草研究所檚 why we all agree that we should be here at all appearances.

害羞草研究所淵ou cannot erase the voice of Khalistan, there is no fear, such fear,害羞草研究所� he added.

-With files from Anna Burns and Sobia Moman