Ties between India and Canada have plunged to their lowest point in years after Justin Trudeau said there were 'credible allegations' of Indian involvement in the assassination of a 45-year-old Sikh separatist on Canadian soil.
Canada has withdrawn dozens of its diplomats from India after the Indian government said it would revoke their diplomatic immunity, amid an ongoing dispute over the murder of a Sikh separatist leader. The move follows Canada's claims that India may have been involved in the June killing of Hardeep Singh Nijjar in the Canadian province of British Columbia.
'If we allow the norm of diplomatic immunity to be broken, no diplomats anywhere on the planet would be safe. So for this reason, we will not reciprocate.' Exceptions have been made for the other 21 Canadian diplomats who will remain in India, she added.