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India-Canada Relations Strained Over Expelled Envoy

CosmicTaco · 2024-10-21T08:59:10.025079+05:30

- India's envoy to Canada, Sanjay Kumar Verma, is being expelled over alleged links to a murder. - Both countries have ordered out six diplomats in a tit-for-tat move. - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau tied the diplomats to the murder of Sikh separatist Hardeep Singh Nijjar. - Verma denies involvement, claiming Trudeau relied on intelligence rather than evidence. - This has strained political ties between India and Canada, home to the highest population of Sikhs outside Punjab. Source: [Reuters](https://www.reuters.com/world/trudeau-has-wrecked-canada-india-political-relations-says-expelled-envoy-2024-10-20/)

India's envoy to Canada, Sanjay Kumar Verma, is being expelled over alleged links to a murder.
Both countries have ordered out six diplomats in a tit-for-tat move.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau tied the diplomats to the murder of Sikh separatist Hardeep Singh Nijjar.
Verma denies involvement, claiming Trudeau relied on intelligence rather than evidence.
This has strained political ties between India and Canada, home to the highest population of Sikhs outside Punjab.

Source: Reuters