Hardeep Singh Nijjar death: Impact on India-Canada ties [Video]

OTTAWA –

India’s envoy to Canada insists relations between the two countries are positive overall, despite what he describes as “a lot of noise.” 

During his first public remarks since the RCMP arrested three Indian nationals in the case, High Commissioner Sanjay Kumar Verma seemed to link the case to domestic crime.

But he warned that Sikh groups in Canada who call for the separation of their homeland from India are crossing “a big red line” that New Delhi sees as a matter of national security. 

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“Indians will decide the fate of India, not the foreigners,” Verma told the Montreal Council on Foreign Relations.

Earlier on Tuesday, Foreign Minister Mélanie Joly stood by allegations that the Indian government was complicit in …