TORONTO: As many as 41 Canadian diplomats have left New Delhi, India after Prime Miniter Justin Trudeau publicly linked India’s intelligence to the assassination of Sikh leader Hardeep Singh Nijjar, a Canadian national.
Sikh Leader Killing: Canada Withdraws Diplomats from New Delhi
Canada’s Foreign Minister Melanie Joly also confirmed the news and said that 41 diplomats have left India for Canada. The recent move comes following Canadian disclosure that New Delhi may have been involved in the murder of a Sikh leader in Canada.
Earlier, Justin Trudeau had said that they have credible reasons to believe that India’s agents were involved in the assassination of Sikh leader Hardeep Singh Nijjar in Canada. He also called on New Delhi to collaborate with Canada to ensure a transparent probe into the murder of Nijjar on Canadian soil.
“We call upon India to take this issue seriously and to work with us to shed complete transparency and ensure justice and accountability in this matter,” PM Trudeau said. He said “We are a nation of the rule of law. We are going to do the work essential to keep our citizens safe and to uphold our values and the global rules-based order.
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Tensions between Canada and India escalated after PM Trudeau’s assertion of a “possible” involvement of India’s agents in the Sikh leader’s killing on June 18 in British Columbia.
The Canadian Prime Minister said several times that they had “credible” evidence linking India’s agents to the killing of Hardeep Singh Nijjar in June.
