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Canada links India to slaying of Sikh Exile, expels Intel chief

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi welcomes Canada Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in New Delhi, India, Sept. 9, 2023. Canada expelled a top Indian diplomat on Sept. 18, 2023, as it investigates the assassination of a Sikh activist in Canada. [AP Photo]

Canada on Monday accused India's government of involvement in the killing of a Canadian Sikh leader near Vancouver last June, prompting tit-for-tat diplomatic expulsions after New Delhi rejected the charge as "absurd."

The accusations sent already sour relations between Ottawa and New Delhi to a dramatic new low.

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