Modi condemns violence after Canada temple incident

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has criticised the "cowardly attempts to intimidate our diplomats" successful his archetypal comments implicit the deepening diplomatic enactment with Canada.

Both countries expelled each other's apical envoys past period aft Canadian officials accused India of being progressive successful convulsive acts targeting Indian dissidents connected Canadian soil, thing the state denies.

Modi's comments came aft unit broke retired astatine a Hindu temple successful the Canadian metropolis of Brampton connected Sunday, which helium has called a "deliberate attack".

"Such acts of unit volition ne'er weaken India’s resolve. We expect the Canadian authorities to guarantee justness and uphold the regularisation of law," helium wrote connected X.

Local constabulary said 3 radical person truthful acold been arrested and charged implicit the incidental successful Brampton, adjacent Toronto, but did not supply further details.

The unit said "several acts of unlawfulness proceed to beryllium actively investigated" by its officers.

Unverified video posted online appeared to amusement radical carrying yellowish flags of the Khalistan question - which demands a abstracted Sikh homeland successful India - clashing with others holding Indian flags.

India's overseas ministry said "extremists and separatists" were down the violence, calling connected the Canadian authorities to "ensure that each places of worship are protected from specified attacks".

The North America-based activistic radical Sikhs for Justice, meanwhile, described the incidental arsenic an "unprovoked convulsive onslaught connected peaceful pro-Khalistan demonstrators".

Justin Trudeau wrote connected X that Sunday's unit was "unacceptable", adding that "every Canadian has the close to signifier their religion freely and safely".

Relations betwixt India and Canada person soured since Ottawa accused the Indian authorities of being down the 2023 sidesplitting of Hardeep Singh Nijjar, a naturalised Canadian national who is labelled a violent successful India.

India has vehemently denied this and different allegations and maintained that Canada has provided nary grounds to enactment its claims.

Mr Nijjar had been a vocal protagonist of the Khalistan question and publically campaigned for it.

The rift betwixt Canada and India has raised questions implicit the interaction it could person connected the heavy commercialized and migration ties betwixt some countries.

Bilateral commercialized is worthy billions of dollars, and Canada is location to astir 1.7 cardinal radical of Indian origin.

Neither state has yet imposed tariffs oregon different economical forms of retaliation, but experts caution that this could change, and that a cooling narration betwixt India and Canada could hinder further economical growth.