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Al Jazeera
Al Jazeera
Politics
Yashraj Sharma

Who is Lawrence Bishnoi, the gangster at the centre of India-Canada spat?

New Delhi, India – India-Canada bilateral relations touched a historic low this week when both countries expelled six diplomats each, in tit-for-tat moves, after Ottawa doubled down on its accusation that the Indian government masterminded the 2023 murder of a prominent Sikh separatist leader.

While levelling serious conspiracy charges against India’s senior-most diplomats in Ottawa, Canadian officials dropped another bombshell allegation – linking the diplomatic mission with India’s most notorious crime syndicate boss, Lawrence Bishnoi.

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