New Delhi seeking reduction in Canadian diplomats in India as row escalates

New Delhi seeking reduction in Canadian diplomats in India as row escalates

NEW DELHI: New Delhi said Thursday is seeking the reduction of Canadian diplomatic staff in India and has stopped visa services, as a row over the killing of a Sikh separatist deepens.
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has demanded India treat with "utmost seriousness" allegations that Indian agents played a role in the June murder of Hardeep Singh Nijjar near Vancouver.
The fallout prompted tit-for-tat diplomatic expulsions and a forceful denial from India, which said any suggestion it played a role in Nijjar killing was "absurd".