Trudeau Doubles Down After Diplomatic Showdown
Canada Prime Minister Justin Trudeau late Monday doubled down on accusations of India "supporting criminal activity against Canadians" and "coercive behaviour targeting South Asian Canadians".
The two countries this week exchanged a second round of tit-for-tat expulsion of diplomats, amid a deepening row over claims linking "agents of the Indian government" with the killing of Khalistani terrorist Hardeep Singh Nijjar, a Canadian citizen, in June last year.
India - which has yet to respond to these latest comments - has set up a high-level committee to investigate the allegation. However New Delhi has repeatedly shot down "absurd" and "motivated" the claim it was linked to the murder, pointing out no evidence has been provided to back up the charges.
