Prime Minister (PM) Justin Trudeau said on Monday that agents of the Indian government carried out the killing of a Sikh community leader in British Columbia last June. Speaking in the House of Commons, Trudeau said he raised India’s involvement in the shooting of Hardeep Singh Nijjar directly with PM Narendra Modi at the Group of 20 summit meeting earlier this month in no uncertain terms. He said the allegation was based on intelligence gathered by the Canadian government. India has denied the allegation. The information is based on the Five Eyes intelligence sharing that exists between the US, Canada, the UK, Australia, and New Zealand. Canada has expelled Indian diplomat Pavan Kumar Rai who was station head of Indian intelligence. India has also expelled Canadian diplomat, station head of Canadian intelligence Olivier Sylvestre. The two countries have paused their negotiations on a bilateral free trade agreement. Both have issued travel advisories to each other's countries.
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