India, May 7 -- Originally from rural Punjab, they arrived in Canada in the past three to five years as international students like thousands of others from India. However, there are no records of them actually attending classes at the institutions they were apparently enrolled in. On Friday, their names were flashed across Canadian and global media as they were arrested in connection with the killing of pro-Khalistan figure Hardeep Singh Nijjar on June 18 last year in Surrey, British Columbia.

Kamal Brar, 22, Kamalpreet Singh, 22, and Karanpreet Singh, 28, were apprehended from Edmonton, the capital of the province of Alberta, where they were based and will be brought to Surrey on Monday as legal proceedings against them commence.

They...