India Canada News LIVE Updates: Tensions escalate as MEA withdraws Indian High Commissioner over Nijjar killing

India Canada News LIVE Updates: Tensions between India and Canada escalated on Monday after the Ministry of External Affairs strongly rejected the "diplomatic communication" it received from Canada last week. The communication was linked to the probe into the killing of Khalistani extremist Hardeep Singh Nijjar on Canadian soil.

According to the MEA, Canada's "diplomatic communication" suggested "that the Indian High Commissioner and other diplomats are ‘persons of interest’ in a matter related to an investigation in that country." It added, "The Government of India strongly rejects these preposterous imputations and ascribes them to the political agenda of the Trudeau Government that is centered around vote bank politics."

Following this, the MEA summoned Canadian Charge d’Affaires Stewart Wheeler in the evening and informed him "that the baseless targeting of the Indian High Commissioner and other diplomats and officials in Canada was completely unacceptable". India said that the government has decided to withdraw the High Commissioner and other targeted diplomats and officials.

Stay tuned to this India Canada News Live Updates for all the latest news related to the row over Nijjar's killing.

14 Oct 2024, 08:58:27 PM IST

India Canada News LIVE Updates: India withdraw High Commissioner, other diplomats in Canada

India Canada News LIVE Updates: The Indian government on Monday decided to withdraw its high commissioner and other “targeted diplomats and officials" from Canada. In a statement, the Ministry of External Affairs said, "...baseless targeting of the Indian High Commissioner and other diplomats and officials in Canada was completely unacceptable." Read full report here