The tit-for-tat diplomatic expulsions came after Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Canada was investigating “credible allegations” linking India to the June killing of Canadian citizen and prominent Sikh leader, Hardeep Singh Nijjar.
India’s foreign ministry on Tuesday responded in kind, saying it had expelled a senior Canadian diplomat based in India.
“The concerned diplomat has been asked to leave India within the next five days,” it said in a statement.
We have conveyed our concerns at senior levels to India,” a statement shared with CNN said.
That operation caused huge anger within the Sikh community and Gandhi was assassinated by her Sikh bodyguards in the aftermath.
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