London
\nCanada\u2019s investigation into alleged Indian involvement in the assassination of a Sikh separatist in Vancouver last year is a \u201cpolitical compulsion\u201d, India\u2019s foreign minister has said after three Indian citizens were arrested over the killing.
\nCanadian police on Friday arrested the trio for the murder of Hardeep Singh Nijjar, saying they were investigating their links to the Indian government, \u201cif any\u201d. He migrated to Canada in 1997 and acquired citizenship 18 years later.
\nHe was wanted by Indian authorities for alleged terrorism and conspiracy to commit murder, the allegations he had denied. On June 18, 2023, he was shot dead by masked assailants in the car park of the Sikh temple he led in suburban Vancouver.
\nNijjar\u2019s killing sent diplomatic relations between Ottawa and New Delhi into a tailspin last year after Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said there were \u201ccredible allegations\u201d linking Indian intelligence to the crime.
\nIndia rejected the allegations as \u201cabsurd\u201d, temporarily halting the processing of visas and forcing Canada to reduce its diplomatic presence in the country significantly.
\n\u201cIt is their political compulsion in Canada to blame India,\u201d the Press Trust of India news agency quoted India\u2019s External Affairs Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar as saying on Saturday.
\nNew Delhi has sought to persuade Ottawa not to grant Sikh separatists visas or political legitimacy, Jaishankar said, since they are \u201ccausing problems for them [Canada], for us and also for our relationship\u201d.
\nHe added that Canada does not \u201cshare any evidence with us in certain cases, [and] police agencies also do not cooperate with us\u201d.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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