The latest salvo in a diplomatic spat over Ottawa’s accusations that New Delhi involved in the death of a Sikh separatist leader this year comes from India. Which has advised its nationals against traveling to certain regions of Canada. The shocking information from India’s investigation into his shooting murder has urged to treated with “utmost seriousness,”. According to Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.
The backlash led to tit-for-tat diplomatic expulsions and a vigorous denial from India. Which referred to any claims that it involved in Hardeep Singh Nijjar’s murder in June as “absurd.”
India’s foreign ministry expressed worry for the safety of its residents in Canada due to “politically condoned hate crimes and criminal violence”. On Wednesday without specifically mentioning the controversy.
Threats have specifically targeted Indian diplomats and Indians who resist the anti-India agenda, according to a ministry statement.
Indian people consequently urged to stay away from areas and prospective locations in Canada where similar events occurred.
Two masked assassins shot and killed Nijjar outside the Sikh temple he oversaw in Surrey. A suburb of Vancouver in the Canadian province of British Columbia.
Nijjar was in favor of establishing Khalistan, an independent state in northern India that would border Pakistan, as the Sikh homeland. It is where the Sikh faith originated.
In 2020, India declared him a “terrorist” and demanded his arrest for allegedly conspiring to murder people. According to the World Sikh Organization of Canada, he had refuted the accusations.
Ottawa charged by the Indian government with turning a blind eye to the actions of ardent Sikh nationalists who want the establishment of Khalistan.
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