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Canada: India behind Sikh leader's murder

Modi govt denies allegation as relations plummet

NEW DELHI: India on Tuesday rejected the 'absurd' allegation that its agents were behind the killing of a Sikh leader in Canada, after Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's bombshell accusation sent already sour diplomatic relations to a new low.

Ottawa also expelled a diplomat it described as the head of India's foreign intelligence service in Canada, prompting a tit-for-tat order from New Delhi for a Canadian envoy to leave.