Reuters

Ottawa, September 18

Canada mentioned on Monday it had credible data linking Indian authorities brokers to the homicide of a Sikh chief in British Columbia in June and mentioned it had expelled a senior Indian intelligence official.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau mentioned any involvement of a overseas authorities within the killing of a Canadian citizen was “an unacceptable violation of our sovereignty”.

Hardeep Singh Nijjar, was shot lifeless outdoors a Sikh temple in Surrey, British Columbia, on June 18.

Nijjar supported a Sikh homeland within the type of an unbiased Khalistani state and been branded by India as a “terrorist,” the Canadian Broadcasting Corp mentioned.

“Canadian security agencies have been actively pursuing credible allegations of a potential link between agents of the government of India and the killing of a Canadian citizen, Hardeep Singh Nijjar,” Trudeau mentioned in an emergency assertion to the House of Commons parliamentary chamber.

“Canada has declared its deep issues to the highest intelligence and safety officers of the Indian authorities.

Last week on the G20 I introduced them personally and on to Prime Minister Modi in no unsure phrases.” New Delhi mentioned final week that Modi had conveyed robust issues about protests in Canada in opposition to India to Trudeau.

Foreign Minister Melanie Joly instructed reporters that Ottawa had expelled the Indian head of intelligence in Canada however gave no additional particulars.

Canada has the best inhabitants of Sikhs outdoors their residence state of Punjab in India, and the nation has been the location of many protests which have irked India.

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