India Canada News Live: India Asks 6 Canadian Diplomats To Leave Country By Or Before 11:59 PM On October 19

India Canada News LIVE Updates: Hours after recalling the High Commissioner and other diplomates from Canada, India expelled six Canadian envoys. These diplomates have been asked to leave India by or before 11:59 PM on Saturday, October 19. The already frosty ties between India and Canada plunged further after the Justin Trudeau government attempted to link the Indian High Commissioner to a probe into Khalistani sympathiser Hardeep Singh Nijjar‘s killing.

The six Canadian diplomates suspended by India are – Acting High Commissioner Stewart Ross Wheeler, 2. Deputy High Commissioner Patrick Hebert, First Secretary Marie Catherine Joly, First Secretary Ross David Trites, First Secretary Adam James Chuipka and First Secretary Paula Orjuela.

What led to tensions between India And Canada: Khalistani separatist Hardeep Singh Nijjar, whose killing led to a row between India and Canada, was a declared terrorist in India and wanted in several cases. Nijjar (45) was the chief of the Khalistan Tiger Force and was a close associate of Gurdeep Singh alias Deepa Heranwala, who was involved in the killing of around 200 people in Punjab during the late 1980s and early 1990s.

Nijjar was attacked by unidentified assailants on June 18, 2023, near the Guru Nanak Sikh Gurdwara in Surrey, Vancouver. As per Khalistan Extremism Monitor, he was a native of Harsighpur in the Jalandhar district of Punjab. Nijjar reportedly worked as a plumber before being elected unopposed to head the Guru Nanak Sikh Gurudwara in Surrey, Canada.

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India Asks 6 Canadian Diplomats To Leave Country By Or Before 11:59 PM On October 19

India on Monday expelled six Canadian diplomats hours after it summoned Canada’s Charge d’Affaires Stewart Wheeler and conveyed that the “baseless targeting” of the Indian High Commissioner and other diplomats and officials in Canada was completely unacceptable. These diplomates have been asked to leave India by or before 11:59 PM on Saturday, October 19.

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Amid Escalating Diplomatic Row, Canada Reiterates Claims Of Alleged Indian Involvement In ‘Criminal Activity’

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Who Was Hardeep Singh Nijjar? Khalistani Separatist At The Heart Of India-Canada Tensions

Khalistani separatist Hardeep Singh Nijjar, whose killing led to a row between India and Canada, was a declared terrorist in India and wanted in several cases. Nijjar (45) was the chief of the Khalistan Tiger Force. Nijjar was a close associate of Gurdeep Singh alias Deepa Heranwala, who was involved in the killing of around 200 people in Punjab during the late 1980s and early 1990s. Nijjar was attacked by unidentified assailants on June 18, 2023, near the Guru Nanak Sikh Gurdwara in Surrey, Vancouver. As per Khalistan Extremism Monitor, he was a native of Harsighpur in the Jalandhar district of Punjab. Nijjar reportedly worked as a plumber before being elected unopposed to head the Guru Nanak Sikh Gurudwara in Surrey, Canada.