In September of last year, Canada expelled a top Indian diplomat, and a senior Canadian diplomat was expelled from India in return, after Prime Minister Justin Trudeau told the House of Commons there was credible intelligence about a potential link between India’s government and the killing of B.C. Sikh leader Hardeep Singh Nijjar.

Canada and India have expelled six of each other’s diplomats in one of the most severe actions yet in an escalating dispute over the June 2023 assassination of a Sikh activist in Canada

Canada has expelled India’s top diplomat claiming he and others are part of a criminal conspiracy that is responsible for assassinating a Sikh activist on Canadian soil. The Canadian government announced the expulsion orders of six diplomats after the Indian government refused to waive their diplomatic immunity – which prevented authorities from including them in investigations into allegations of homicide,