India’s visa processing center in Canada suspended services Thursday as a rift widened between the countries after Canada’s leader said India may have been involved in the killing of a Canadian citizen.

Ties between Ottawa and New Delhi, two key strategic partners on security and trade, have plunged to their lowest point in years after Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau this week said there were “credible allegations” of Indian involvement in the assassination of a Sikh separatist leader on its soil.

Hardeep Singh Nijjar, a 45-year-old Canadian citizen who had been wanted by India for years, was gunned down in June outside the temple he led in Surrey, outside Vancouver.

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    1 year ago

    It requires a strong apology by India.

    Canada does not have a history of randomly blaming nations for crimes committed on its soil. This is a big deal for them to announce this.

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      How would you classify an accusation without any evidences? Maybe Canada should produce some evidence… Or Start counting!

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        Ah yes. The “show proofs” cry of vatniks. Worry not. It will come in good time. And when it does, you will cry “fake news!”