U.S. authorities unsealed charges against Lawrence Bishnoi and Satinderjeet Singh alias Goldy Brar for ordering the June 18, 2023 assassination of Hardeep Singh Nijjar outside a Sikh temple in Surrey, British Columbia. The defendants are linked to three India-based transnational organized crime groups targeted in Operation Hardball. The indictment has been cited amid ongoing disputes over the number of arrests and prior Canadian allegations of Indian government involvement, which New Delhi rejected.