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Tensions between India and Canada have escalated sharply following allegations from Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, who accused India of its involvement in the killing of Khalistani activist Hardeep Singh Nijjar. In a press briefing, Trudeau claimed that Indian operatives carried out covert activities on Canadian soil, which included issuing threats, orchestrating violent actions and targeting Canadian nationals.

India has firmly denied the accusations, describing them as baseless and responded by ordering the expulsion of six Canadian diplomats. Simultaneously, several Indian diplomats stationed in Canada have also been recalled.

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Updates

- Intel sources, cited by News 18, said Canadian PM Justin Trudeau was seeking the support of the Sikh community in the upcoming polls. In pursuit of the Khalistani votes, Trudeau was at loggerheads with India, accusing the latter’s officials of their involvement in Nijjar’s killing

- The Trudeau government is set to hold India accountable in the Foreign Interference Commission and implicate it in the assassination of Hardeep Singh Nijjar, HT report suggests

- As per a report in The Washington Post, National Security Adviser (NSA) Ajit Doval met with his Canadian counterpart in Singapore last week. The Canadian officials are said to have presented alleged evidence suggesting that India had engaged networks linked to the Lawrence Bishnoi gang to execute the killing of Khalistani terrorist Hardeep Singh Nijjar and carry out attacks on Sikh separatists

- MEA sources, cited by ANI, said the Canadian officials’ assertions, that they have provided ‘credible evidence’ to India, were not true and ‘the Canadian approach has been to make vague accusations and put the burden of denial on India’. MEA said no specifics were provided by that ‘certain individual’, who was mentioned at the RCMP press briefing. It said engaging the High Commissioner in the ongoing feud was absurd 

- The Canadian PM said the RCMP Commissioner has solid and concrete evidence that Indian agents have been involved in activities that pose a threat to public safety in their country

- New Democratic Party (NDP) leader Jagmeet Singh, a former alliance partner of Prime Minister Trudeau, on Monday claimed that Canadian Sikhs were stalked by fear and urged the Canadian government to take action against India, specifically calling for diplomat sanctions

- Trudeau stated that Canada has shared all information related to the allegations of Indian officials' involvement in the killing of Nijjar, a Canadian citizen, last year with its Five Eyes partners, particularly the United States

- Trudeau said he had a conversation with his British counterpart, Keir Starmer, amid rising tensions between Canada and India concerning the Hardeep Singh Nijjar case

- Trudeau called on the Indian government to collaborate with Canada and acknowledge the credibility and seriousness of the evidence presented so far

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- On Monday, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police alleged that "agents of the Government of India" collaborate with criminals — specifically the Lawrence Bishnoi gang — to "target the South Asian community, particularly pro-Khalistani elements" within Canada