Nijjar Killing, Bishnoi Gang, Trade Talks: How India-Canada Relations Soured
India-Canada diplomatic ties soured further this week after allegations by Canadian federal police that “agents” of Delhi are working with organised criminals – including the Bishnoi gang linked to last week’s murder of ex-Maharashtra minister Baba Siddique – to “target (the) South Asian community… specifically pro-Khalistani elements” in that country. The allegations were preceded by each side ejecting six diplomats, including high-ranking envoys like Canada’s acting High Commissioner, Stewart Wheeler, and India’s High Commissioner, Sanjay Verma. Delhi later said it was pulling its staff over security concerns. India issued a stern rebuttal to Canada’s claims about its ‘expelled’ staff being ‘persons of interest’ in cases of alleged extortion and murder, slamming the “preposterous imputations” and… Read More »Nijjar Killing, Bishnoi Gang, Trade Talks: How India-Canada Relations Soured