OTTAWA, 14 Okt — Kanada mengusir Pesuruhjaya Tinggi India dan lima diplomat lain pada Isnin, lapor media tempatan.
Seorang pegawai kanan kerajaan Kanada memberitahu media bahawa polis akan mendedahkan butiran baharu mengenai dakwaan kerajaan India berhubung kaitan dengan “aktiviti jenayah ganas” di Kanada.
New Delhi pada Isnin mengumumkan akan menarik pesuruhjaya tingginya ke Kanada, Sanjay Kumar Verma, menuduh kerajaan Kanada mencadangkan beliau adalah antara “orang berkepentingan” dalam siasatan kes pembunuhan seorang pemimpin Sikh Kanada Hardeep Singh Nijjar.
Pesuruhjaya Polis Diraja Kanada Michael Duheme mengadakan sidang akhbar pada Isnin memberi amaran tentang ancaman keselamatan awam yang dikaitkan dengan ejen kerajaan India.
Pada 18 Jun 2023, Nijjar ditembak dan dibunuh di tempat letak kereta sebuah kuil Sikh di British Columbia. Pada September 2023, Perdana Menteri Kanada Justin Trudeau menyatakan bahawa agensi perisikan Kanada “mengejar dakwaan yang boleh dipercayai tentang potensi hubungan” antara ejen kerajaan India dan pembunuhan Nijjar.
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Canada expels Indian diplomats on alleged connection to violent criminal activity
OTTAWA, Oct. 14 — Canada expelled India’s High Commissioner and five other diplomats on Monday, local media reported.
A senior Canadian government official told the media that the police would reveal new details about the Indian government’s alleged connection to “violent criminal activity” in Canada.
New Delhi on Monday announced it would be pulling its high commissioner to Canada, Sanjay Kumar Verma, accusing the Canadian government of suggesting he is among “persons of interest” in the investigation into the killing of a Canadian Sikh leader Hardeep Singh Nijjar.
The Royal Canadian Mounted Police Commissioner Michael Duheme held a press conference on Monday warning of a public security threat linked to agents of the Indian government.
On June 18, 2023, Nijjar was shot and killed in the parking lot of a Sikh temple in British Columbia. In September 2023, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau stated that Canadian intelligence agencies were “pursuing credible allegations of a potential link” between Indian government agents and the assassination of Nijjar.
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