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Pratap Chakravarty

India, Canada expel diplomats as ties sour over Sikh murder

Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, who has accused the Indian government of being involved in the murder of a Sikh separatist leader in Canada. Relations between the two countries have soured over the incident, with each expelling the others' diplomats this week. © Chris Helgren/Reuters

India has expelled a Canadian diplomat, a day after Canada did the same to an Indian diplomat amid tensions over the killing of a Sikh separatist in Surrey.

India said Tuesday it had asked a Canadian diplomat to leave the country within five days. Media identified him as Olivier Sylvestere, Ottawa’s intelligence chief in Delhi.

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