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India expels senior Canadian diplomat amid row over killing of Sikh separatist
- The Canadian diplomat was ordered to leave India on Tuesday, hours after Ottawa expelled an Indian diplomat over the killing of Hardeep Singh Nijjar
- New Delhi’s decision reflected its ‘growing concern at the interference of Canadian diplomats in our internal matters,’ its foreign ministry said
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A senior Canadian diplomat was ordered to leave India on Tuesday, New Delhi’s foreign ministry said, hours after Ottawa expelled an Indian diplomat over the killing of a Sikh separatist near Vancouver.
Delhi’s decision reflected its “growing concern at the interference of Canadian diplomats in our internal matters and their involvement in anti-India activities”, the foreign ministry said in a statement.
Earlier on Tuesday, Delhi rejected “absurd” accusations by the Canadian government that Indian agents were involved in the killing of a Canadian Sikh leader in June.
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“Allegations of Government of India’s involvement in any act of violence in Canada are absurd and motivated,” Delhi’s foreign ministry said in a statement.
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The row is sending already strained relations between the world’s most populous country and G7 member Canada to a new low.
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau had told an emergency parliament session that his government had “credible allegations” linking Indian agents to the slaying of an exiled Sikh leader, Hardeep Singh Nijjar, in British Columbia. It was an “unacceptable violation of our sovereignty”, he said.
Ottawa’s Foreign Minister Melanie Joly said an Indian diplomat had been expelled, identifying them as the head of the Research and Analysis Wing (RAW), India’s foreign intelligence agency, in Canada.
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