India has told Canada that it must withdraw 41 diplomats from the South Asian country amid a row over the Sikh murder rift.
The Financial Times, quoting people familiar with the Indian demand, reported on Tuesday that India had threatened to revoke the diplomatic immunity of those diplomats told to leave if they remained after October 10.
Canada has 62 diplomats in India and India had said that the total should be reduced by 41, the newspaper said.
India and Canada’s ties have been strained since Canada raised suspicions that the Indian Government’s agents played a role in murder of a Sikh separatist leader and Canadian citizen, Hardeep Singh Nijjar.
India had labeled him a “terrorist” because of his advocacy for Khalistan, an independent Sikh state.
