Hardeep Singh Nijjar
Canadian police say India collaborates with gangs to kill dissidents
Canadian authorities have accused the Indian government of collaborating with a criminal network led by one of India's most renowned gangsters, Lawrence Bishnoi, to conduct targeted killings of dissidents in Canada. On Monday, a diplomatic row erupted between India and Canada when Canadian police accused Indian diplomats of "criminal" acts in the nation, such as extortion, intimidation, coercion, and harassment, as well as conspiracy in targeted killings of Canadian residents.
How relations between India and Canada reached rock bottom
India and Canada have removed their top diplomats amid rising tensions over the death of a Sikh separatist on Canadian grounds, marking a new low point in a hitherto amicable relationship. While previous disagreements have strained relationships, none have reached this point of confrontation. In 1974, India stunned the world by detonating a nuclear bomb, causing anger in Canada, which accused India of taking plutonium from a Canadian reactor, a gift intended purely for benign purposes.