Canada has expelled an Indian government over alleged involvement in the death.
described "credible allegations" linking India's government to the assassination of a Canadian citizen and prominent Sikh leader.
Nijjar was a prominent Sikh leader in British Columbia, and according to local police, he was gunned down in his truck in June by two masked gunmen outside a Sikh temple in Surrey, BC. The Indian diplomat's expulsion was confirmed by Canada's foreign affairs minister, Mélanie Joly, who also confirmed that the individual is the head of the Indian intelligence agency in Canada.
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