India condemns Canadian report claiming Modi was aware of plot to kill Sikh separatist Nijjar

India has rubbished a Canadian media study accusing Indian premier curate Narendra Modi of being alert of an alleged crippled to execution a Sikh separatist person connected Canada’s soil, terming it “ludicrous”.

A study by Canada’s The Globe and Mail on Wednesday said the Hindu person was alert of the killing of Hardeep Singh Nijjar, a salient separatist leader, successful British Columbia and different convulsive plots, citing Canadian information agencies.

The remarks were shared with the starring paper by a elder nationalist information authoritative who was investigating quality connected New Delhi’s alleged foreign-interference operations successful Canada.

India’s location affairs curate Amit Shah, quality main Ajit Doval, and overseas affairs curate S Jaishanker were besides tied to the assassination cognition plotted abroad, the authoritative claimed, according to the report.

Reacting sharply to the study successful New Delhi, Indian outer affairs ministry spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said specified “ludicrous statements” should beryllium dismissed with the contempt they deserve.

“We bash not usually remark connected media reports. However, specified ludicrous statements made to a paper purportedly by a Canadian authorities root should beryllium dismissed with the contempt they deserve,” helium said. “Smear campaigns similar this lone further harm our already strained ties,” Mr Jaiswal said connected Wednesday.

This is not the archetypal clip elder Indian officials person been explicitly named by Canada successful assassination crippled to instrumentality retired separatist leaders of Khalistan question who are seeking a abstracted federation for Sikhs successful India.

Last month, Canada said Mr Shah, who is the right-hand antheral of Mr Modi, was down plots to people Sikh separatists successful Canada, taking the bilateral tensions, connected the already strained ties between Ottawa and New Delhi, further.

The allegation followed Canada’s expulsion of six Indian diplomats it has linked to the execution of a Sikh separatist person connected Canadian soil, with India instantly reciprocating successful adjacent measure.

India has antecedently denied Canadian allegations and has responded by expelling Canadian six diplomats.

Shortly after, Canadian premier curate Justin Trudeau said India made "a horrific mistake" by reasoning it could interfere arsenic aggressively arsenic it allegedly did successful Canada’s sovereignty.

The diplomatic row, which has steadily boiled over successful the past 1 year, tin interaction India’s ambitions arsenic it tries to task itself arsenic a rising satellite powerfulness and besides backpedal Indo-Canada relations severely.

“India-Canada bilateral relations, which person been connected a downslide since past year, volition instrumentality a further hit, which volition instrumentality a agelong clip to repair,” said Praveen Donthi, elder expert with the International Crisis Group.

Mr Modi and Mr Trudeau were seen successful Rio, Brazil, this week erstwhile the 2 leaders came unneurotic successful the aforesaid framework for a G20 Summit household photo. But the 2 were not seen exchanging words.