India announced it is expelling Canadian diplomats on the same day the RCMP said Indian agents have been involved in homicides on Canadian soil.
India’s Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said on Oct. 14 that it is expelling Acting High Commissioner Stewart Ross Wheeler and five other diplomats. They have been asked to leave the country by Oct. 19.
The move came as news broke that Canada was expelling six Indian diplomats, including its High Commissioner Sanjay Kumar Verma, as the row between the two countries escalates.
Global Affairs Canada and Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly had yet to comment on the situation by publication time. Joly and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau are set to discuss the matter at a press conference later on Oct. 14….