The killing of a Sikh separatist leader last year sparked recriminations against New Delhi by the Trudeau-led government
India has expelled six Canadian diplomats, including High Commissioner Stewart Ross Wheeler, the Ministry of External Affairs in New Delhi said in a statement on Monday. The diplomats have been asked to leave India by Saturday.
The announcement came hours after New Delhi summoned the Canadian envoy and said it is withdrawing its high commissioner and other diplomats from Canada, after the government led by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau linked them to the murder of Sikh separatist leader Hardeep Singh Nijjar in a Vancouver suburb last year.
New Delhi stated that it had received a diplomatic communication from Ottawa on Sunday suggesting that its officials, including the high commissioner, were “persons of interest” in the ongoing investigation. India termed Canada’s allegations “preposterous imputations,” suggesting…