INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Canada expelled six Indian diplomats including the high commissioner on Monday, linking them to the murder of a Sikh separatist leader and
alleging a broader effort to target Indian dissidents in Canada.Earlier in the day, India retaliated by ordering the expulsion of six
high-ranking Canadian diplomats including the acting high commissioner and said it had withdrawn its envoy from Canada, contradicting
Ties have been frayed since Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said last year he had evidence linking Indian agents to the assassination
news conference.These activities involved clandestine information gathering techniques, coercive behaviour, targeting South Asian Canadians
said in an earlier news conference the government of India had undertaken a broad campaign against Indian dissidents including homicides and
It had also used organised crime to target the South Asian community in Canada and interfered in democratic processes, police said.Brigitte
Lawrence Bishnoi is the head of an organised criminal syndicate
foreign ministry said in a statement.India also said it had asked six Canadian diplomats to leave by Saturday
diplomats so that the Canadian investigative agencies could question them regarding the allegations of criminal activity.But since India did
has also alleged that Indian agents were involved in an attempted assassination plot against another Sikh separatist leader in New York last
year, and said it had indicted an Indian national working at the behest of an unnamed Indian government official.An Indian government
committee investigating Indian involvement in the foiled murder plot will meet U.S
officials in Washington this week, the State Department said on Monday.The accusations of assassination plots against Sikh separatist
leaders in Canada and the U.S
