• Canada has taken a unprecedented motion by expelling a high-ranking Indian diplomat within the midst of an ongoing investigation into credible allegations raised by Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.
• These allegations recommend attainable connections between the Indian authorities and the assassination of Sikh advocate Hardeep Singh Nijjar on Canadian soil.
• During the current G-20 summit, Trudeau raised this matter with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, conveying Canada’s profound considerations and unequivocally stating that any potential involvement of the Indian authorities within the incident can be unacceptable. 

Canada expelled a top Indian diplomat Monday because it investigates what Prime Minister Justin Trudeau referred to as credible allegations that India’s authorities could have had links to the assassination in Canada of a Sikh activist.

Trudeau stated in Parliament that Canadian intelligence businesses have been wanting into the allegations after Sikh chief Hardeep Singh Nijjar, a robust supporter of an impartial Sikh homeland referred to as Khalistan, was gunned down on June 18 exterior a Sikh cultural middle in Surrey, British Columbia.

Trudeau told Parliament that he introduced up the slaying with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the G-20 final week, that he informed Modi that any Indian authorities involvement can be unacceptable and that he requested for cooperation within the investigation.

Canadian Foreign Minister Mélanie Joly stated the pinnacle of Indian intelligence in Canada has been expelled as a consequence. “If proven true this would be a great violation of our sovereignty and of the most basic rule of how countries deal with each other,” Joly stated. “As a consequence we have expelled a top Indian diplomat.”

The Indian Embassy in Ottawa didn’t instantly reply telephone calls from The Associated Press looking for remark.

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“Over the past number of weeks 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 stated.

Trudeau stated Canada has declared its deep considerations to the Indian authorities.

“Last week at the G-20 I brought them personally and directly to Prime Minister Modi in no uncertain terms,” Trudeau stated. “Any involvement of a foreign government in the killing of a Canadian citizen on Canadian soil is an unacceptable violation of our sovereignty.”

Trudeau stated his authorities has been working carefully and coordinating with Canada’s allies on the case.

“In the strongest possible terms I continue to urge the government of India to cooperate with Canada to get to the bottom of this matter,” he stated.

Trudeau stated he is aware of there are some members of the Indo-Canadian group who really feel indignant or frightened, and he referred to as for calm.

Public Safety Minister Dominic LeBlanc stated Canada’s nationwide safety advisor and the pinnacle of Canada’s spy service have travelled to India to meet their counterparts and to confront the Indian intelligence businesses with the allegations.

He referred to as it an lively murder investigation led by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police.

Joly stated Trudeau additionally the raised the matter with U.S. President Joe Biden.

Opposition Conservative chief Pierre Poilievre stated if the allegations are true they signify “an outrageous affront to our sovereignty.”

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The Khalistan motion is banned in India, the place officers see it and affiliated teams as a national security threat. But the motion nonetheless has some assist in northern India, in addition to past, in nations like Canada and the United Kingdom that are dwelling to a large Sikh diaspora.