India demands Canada withdraw 41 diplomats.

The Financial Times reported on October 3rd, citing sources, that India has requested Canada withdraw 41 diplomats amid rising bilateral tensions following the assassination of a Sikh leader. The deadline has been set for October 10th. Canada currently has 62 diplomats in India.

India has warned it will revoke diplomatic immunity in cases of violation. Previously, New Delhi announced its intention to "balance" the number and titles of Indian diplomats in Canada and vice versa.

Image of the Canadian High Commission (Embassy) building in India. (Photo: PTI)

Canada has more diplomats in New Delhi, due to its large consular section providing services to the relatives of approximately 1.3 million Canadians of Indian descent.

Neither the Canadian Ministry of Foreign Affairs nor the Indian government has commented on this information yet.

Earlier, on September 21, Indian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Arindam Bagchi announced that India had suspended visa services for Canadian citizens. This move will limit the number of Canadians wishing to apply for visas to India. Furthermore, India has advised its citizens to exercise “extreme caution” when traveling to Canada and has expelled several senior Indian diplomats.

Recently, Canada-India relations have become strained after Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said his country had credible intelligence to accuse "agents of the Indian government" of involvement in the murder of Hardeep Singh Nijjar, a Sikh leader, near Vancouver in June.

In response, New Delhi criticized Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's accusations as "baseless" and "absurd".

According to CNBC , Hardeep Singh Nijjar was murdered on June 18 by two masked gunmen in the parking lot of Guru Nanak Sikh Gurdwara, a Sikh temple in Surrey, British Columbia (Canada).

In 2020, New Delhi designated Nijjar as a terrorist, accusing him of plotting numerous murders over several years. However, Nijjar denied these allegations. He resides in the suburbs of Vancouver, Canada, and runs a plumbing business there.

Kong Anh (Source: Reuters)

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