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The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said on Thursday that India requested Canada to arrest the members of the Lawrence Bishnoi gang, but no action was taken by the Canadian side on the request. Speaking at a media briefing, MEA spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said that India shared 26 extradition requests with the Canadian side over the last decade or more, along with several arrests, and they are pending.

 "We had shared security related information with the Canadian govt regarding gang members including those of Lawrence Bishnoi gang and requested them to arrest them (criminals)...so far no action has been taken by Canadian side on our request...we find it really strange that now people who we wanted to be deported or action to be taken, we are being told that, RCMP (Royal Canadian Mounted Police) is blaming Indian side for the crimes committed by these people in Canada," the MEA spokesperson said as quoted by news agency ANI.

 

Jaiswal also said during the press briefing that the current diplomatic row with Canada has been precipitated by the Trudeau government's "baseless" allegations, and reiterated that "no evidence" has been shared in support of Ottawa's serious allegations against New Delhi. He added that Trudeau's own admission during a public inquiry tells the value of allegations levelled against India.

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Trudeau, testifying before the public inquiry into foreign interference in federal electoral processes and democratic institutions, acknowledged that he had only intelligence and no "hard evidentiary proof" when he alleged the involvement of Indian government agents in the killing of Khalistani separatist Hardeep Singh Nijjar last year. On Thursday, the MEA reacted to this said what it has heard only "confirms" New Delhi's consistent stand that Canada has "presented us no evidence" in support of the serious allegations Ottawa chose to level against India and Indian diplomats.

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Jaiswal further added that the MEA had summoned the acting High Commissioner of Canada and thereafter conveyed that there is no faith about Canadian government looking after safety of the diplomats.

"We had no faith that the Canadian govt will look after the safety of our diplomats and therefore we had taken a decision to withdraw our High Commissioner and along with him 5 other diplomats. There was a communication from Canadian side asking them to leave but we had withdrawn our diplomats before their decision...," Jaiswal added.


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