India-Canada row: From Arsh Dalla’s arrest to MEA and Justin Trudeau’s remarks — Top 10 updates this week
Live MintCanadian authorities reportedly arrested Khalistani separatist leader Arsh Dalla, an aide of Hardeep Singh Nijjar, on Sunday in connection with a recent shooting incident in Milton. Earlier, the Ministry of External Affairs recently termed as fake a 'secretly issued memo' that has surfaced on social media and that falsely attempts to link Indian diplomats abroad with violent crimes. The April 2023 dated "fake" memo, purportedly from former Foreign Secretary Vinay Kwatra, asked Indian diplomats to "cultivate" Indian diaspora groups in Canada "as vital force in the street confrontations with Sikh extremists". Following the attack on Hindu devotees by a Khalistani mob at the Brampton temple that shook both India and Canada, a Hindu priest named Rajinder Parsad has been suspended for spreading "violent rhetoric" and his “controversial involvement” with “non-permitted protesters” carrying Khalistani flags at the Hindu Sabha Mandir. India-Canada row | A recap Ties between India and Canada soured after Trudeau alleged in the Canadian Parliament last year that he has "credible allegations" of India's hand in the killing of Khalistani terrorist Hardeep Singh Nijjar.