India’s visa processing center in Canada suspended services Thursday as a rift widened between the countries after Canada’s leader said India may have been involved in the killing of a Canadian citizen.

Ties between Ottawa and New Delhi, two key strategic partners on security and trade, have plunged to their lowest point in years after Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau this week said there were “credible allegations” of Indian involvement in the assassination of a Sikh separatist leader on its soil.

Hardeep Singh Nijjar, a 45-year-old Canadian citizen who had been wanted by India for years, was gunned down in June outside the temple he led in Surrey, outside Vancouver.

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    Accusing a country of killing someone on foreign soil without evidences or proof, and expelling it’s diplomat requires a strong reply!

    The only basis for the accusation is Hardeep Singh was declared a terrorist in India, responsible for 2007 blast in Punjab that killed six people and injured 40 and the 2009 assassination of Sikh Indian politician Rulda Singh along with other crimes.

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      It requires a strong apology by India.

      Canada does not have a history of randomly blaming nations for crimes committed on its soil. This is a big deal for them to announce this.

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          So a baseless accusation is all it takes!

          Canada has the second largest Sikh population, and they had been supporting Trudeau and he needs them.