New Delhi seeking 'reduction' in Canadian diplomats in India as row escalates

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NEW DELHI: New Delhi said on Thursday (Sep 21) it is seeking the reduction of Canadian diplomatic staff in India and has stopped visa services, as a row over the killing of a Sikh sep

Nijjar was shot dead by two masked assailants outside the Sikh temple he presided over in Surrey, a suburb of Vancouver.

He had denied those charges, according to the World Sikh Organization of Canada, a nonprofit organisation that says it defends the interests of Canadian Sikhs. There were signs of a brewing crisis before Trudeau revealed the probe into Nijjar's death on Monday.

 

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