Canada and India each expelled six diplomats Monday in tit-for-tat moves as part of an escalating dispute over the June 2023 assassination of a Sikh activist in Canada.

India said on Monday it is recalling its ambassador and other diplomats from Canada.

New Delhi: Amid the escalating diplomatic row, India has decided to withdraw its high commissioner to Canada and other ‘targeted diplomats and officials’, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said on Monday. “The Canadian Charge d’Affaires was summoned by Secretary (East) this evening. He was informed that the baseless targeting of the Indian High Commissioner and […]

Canada called the ambassador a "person of interest" in the 2023 death of Sikh activist Hardeep Singh Nijjar

Move comes after Canada said it wanted to question top diplomat in Sikh probe

India said Monday it is recalling its ambassador and other diplomats from Canada, hours after it rejected a Canadian notification that the ambassador was a “person of interest” in the assassination of a Sikh activist last year.

Tensions between India and Canada deepened further as Canada announced an investigation into the Indian High Commissioner, terming him as a 'person of interest' in the killing of Khalistani terrorist Hardeep Singh Nijjar.

The MEA on Monday also detailed Canadian PM Trudeau's "hostility to India" which it said has long been in evidence