India has told Canada that it must repatriate forty one diplomats by 10th of October.
According to local reports, ties between India and Canada have become strained over Canadian suspicion that Indian government agents had a role in the June murder in British Columbia of a Sikh separatist leader and Canadian citizen, Hardeep Singh Nijjar, who India had labelled a “terrorist” .
Indian Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar said earlier there was a “climate of violence” and an “atmosphere of intimidation” against Indian diplomats in Canada, where the presence of Sikh separatist groups has frustrated New Delhi.
Meanwhile, India had reportedly threatened to revoke the diplomatic immunity of those diplomats told to leave if they remained after October 10.
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