Canada, India Expel Envoys Over 2023 Murder Allegations
India and Canada have expelled each other's envoys amid assassination accusations. This comes after Canada named top Indian officials and diplomats as 'persons of interest' in the assassination of Hardeep Singh Nijjar, a Canadian citizen and Sikh separatist leader.
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00:00A diplomatic dispute between India and Canada is escalating, with both sides expelling each
00:06other's envoys.
00:08Canada has infuriated India by naming top Indian officials and diplomats as persons
00:13of interest in the 2023 assassination of Hardeep Singh Najjar.
00:18Najjar was a Sikh separatist leader in Canada and a Canadian citizen.
00:23Tensions between the two countries have been high since Canada said it had credible evidence
00:28linking Indian agents to the assassination.
00:31Ottawa has urged New Delhi to investigate the murder.
00:35Canada has provided credible, irrefutable evidence of ties between agents of the government
00:43of India and a murder of a Canadian citizen on Canadian soil.
00:47Now it is time for India to live up to what it said it would do and look into those allegations.
00:54New Delhi has called the allegations, quote, preposterous and has accused Canadian Prime
00:59Minister Justin Trudeau of pandering to Canada's large Sikh community.