{
  "id": 2885188,
  "title": "'Killed Nijjar for drug trafficking': Goldy Brar in leaked audio",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/23/killed-nijjar-for-drug-trafficking-goldy-brar-in-leaked-audio",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-23T22:14:28.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Times of India",
    "slug": "times-of-india",
    "url": "https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/killed-nijjar-for-drug-trafficking-goldy-brar-in-leaked-audio/articleshow/133447346.cms"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "In a leaked audio recording, gangster Goldy Brar admitted to orchestrating the murder of pro-Khalistan terrorist Hardeep Singh Nijjar in Canada in June 2023, according to US-based sources. The audio, reportedly in Brar's voice, surfaced alongside the execution of Operation Hardball, a joint US-Canada law enforcement crackdown targeting transnational crime syndicates. Brar claimed that Nijjar's promotion and profiteering from drug abuse among teenagers irked him, leading to the decision to eliminate him. The audio also mentioned that Brar and his team targeted Nijjar as he was supporting young people in drug trafficking. Nijjar, the head of Khalistan Tiger Force (KTF), was shot in the parking lot of a Sikh gurdwara in Surrey, Canada, in an attack that involved six men and two vehicles. He was later succeeded by Arshdeep Singh, alias Arsh Dala, whose close associate Sukhdool Singh was murdered in Winnipeg in September 2023.",
  "summary": "Using youth for drugs, P 6",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}