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India’s government is denying that it works with mobsters to target Sikh separatists in Canada as alleged publicly this week by Canadian officials in an escalating diplomatic dispute

Justin Trudeau said India made a "horrific mistake" by allegedly interfering in Canada's sovereignty as bilateral relations degraded to their lowest point in decades. The Canadian prime minister made the comment just two days after Ottawa expelled six Indian diplomats and New Delhi followed suit as the fallout from the investigation into the assassination of Sikh separatist leader Hardeep Singh Nijjar continued to damage ties between the two countries.

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau accused India on Wednesday of violating his country's sovereignty, as diplomatic tensions soar over the 2023 killing of a Sikh separatist in Vancouver.

India and Canada's relations have hit rock bottom after the latter communicated with New Delhi that senior diplomats were “persons of interest” in a probe.