Toronto, July 9 -- Canadian law enforcement has said that there was no evidence to suggest Indian officials were linked in any manner to the slew of charges filed after Operation Hard Ball, led by the US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). The charges that were announced during a press conference in Los Angeles on Tuesday by the United States Department of Justice (DoJ) included those related to the killing of pro-Khalistan figure Hardeep Singh Nijjar in Surrey, British Columbia on June 18, 2023. In an interview with the news outlet CBC News on Tuesday, Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) Deputy Commissioner Lisa Moreland did not respond to questions related to the charges levelled by the Government of then Prime Minister Justin Trudeau that there were "credible allegations" of a potential link between Indian agents and the murder. She said she would not respond to that particular matter as court proceedings in the case against four Indian nationals was ongoing. However, she said, "There is no evidence to suggest through this organised crime investigation and the charges and indictment laid forward, that Indian officials were charged or involved in this." She reiterated that point later stating "firmly" that "nothing has come out today to link the Indian Government." While the investigations spanned three years, it also covered the period during which Indian withdrew six diplomats and officials from Canada in October 2024 after Ottawa asked New Delhi to waive their immunity so they could be questioned in relation to violent criminal activity in the country. None of the allegations figured in the indictments by the DoJ. The DoJ indictment directly includes the killing of Nijjar, and said that it was directed by Lawrence Bishnoi, leader of the eponymous gang and currently jailed in India, and Satinderjeet Singh, better known as Goldy Brar, then a close lieutenant and now running a competing faction. Brar, who is wanted in India in connection with the murder of Sidhu Moose Wala, is believed to be in North America at this time. Moreland said that India had cooperated in the investigation that led to Operation Hard Ball . In a statement issued after he appeared at the press conference in LA, RCMP Commissioner Mike Duheme said, "Today, together with the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Los Angeles, we announced several arrests and charges against the leaders of three global organized crime networks: Lawrence Bishnoi, Ravinder Dhanda and Jaggu Bhagwanpuria. These groups have been engaged in extortions, drug trafficking, kidnapping and widespread violence - namely the killing of Hardeep Singh Nijjar - in Canada and the US....