, said nothing he had seen compared to the murder of a Canadian on Canadian soil. 'A peaceful secessionist movement' The diplomatic repercussions have already begun. Ottawa expelled a top diplomat, Pavan Kumar Rai, the head of Delhi's Research and Analysis Wing in Canada, on Monday evening. Analysts suggest the move indicates Mr Trudeau's government is confident in tying Nijjar's assassination to that specific Indian agency. It may have received assistance from Western allies in making the determination. Some believe Mr Trudeau's public denouncement was the result of Canada's growing frustration in its attempts to get India to cooperate quietly to resolve the incident. It may explain why Ottawa has already postponed trade negotiations with Delhi, just three months a){kind=link}
Campaigners have accused India’s intelligence agency of targeting the diaspora
Hardeep Singh Nijjar may have been on heightened alert as he left a Sikh temple in Surrey, British Columbia one evening in June.
The Sikh leader had recently received a call from the Canadian intelligence services warning him that his life might be in danger.
Then again, the 45-year-old may have felt protected by his surroundings. He was in a pickup truck in the shadow of his local Gurdwara. It was a Sunday, and the car park was busy.
Either way, he hadn’t noticed the two heavyset, masked men who had spent the last hour waiting for him.