Canada expels Indian diplomat as it investigates Sikh leader s killing

Canada expelled a top Indian diplomat as it investigates what Prime Minister Justin Trudeau called credible allegations its government may have had links to the assassination in Canada of a Sikh activist, an accusation that India rejected as absurd. Mr Trudeau told the Canadian parliament on Monday that the Indian government could be behind the death of Hardeep Singh Nijjar, who was killed on 18 June in the parking lot of a gurudwara in Surry, British Columbia. The Canadian prime minister said he had raised the killing with his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi personally and directly during the G20 summit in September. A top Indian diplomat, who was the head of the countrys intelligence agency, has also been expelled as a consequence, Canadian foreign minister Mélanie Joly said. Watch more on Independent TV: Click here to subscribe to The Independent: About The Indepen