The government of India has urged its citizens to be careful when travelling to Canada as a rift between the two countries widens amid Canada’s allegations that India may have been involved in the murder of a Sikh separatist leader in suburban Vancouver.
India’s foreign ministry in New Delhi released an updated travel advisory, advising its citizens especially those studying in Canada to be cautious due to the “growing anti-India activities and politically condoned hate crimes.”
The ministry advised Indians to avoid going to venues in Canada where “threats have particularly targeted Indian diplomats and sections of the Indian community who oppose anti-India agenda.”
Canada and India are two key major partners in security and trade. They are locked in a diplomatic scuffle after the Prime Minister of Canada alleged that India was connected to the assassination of Sikh independence advocate in the country in June.
Canada has not provided any evidence of Indian involvement in the assassination of Hardeep Singh Nijjar, a 45-year-old Sikh leader murdered by masked gunmen in Surrey, outside Vancouver.
India has said for many years that Nijjar, a Canadian citizen born in India, has connections to terrorism, an allegation he denied, saying he was trying to organize an unofficial Sikh diaspora referendum on independence from India at the time of his death.
The announcement by Trudeau was followed by Canada’s expulsion of an Indian diplomat in Ottawa. India responded by labelling Trudeau’s accusation as “absurd and motivated” and later expelling a Canadian diplomat.
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