India said Monday it was expelling six top Canadian diplomats after withdrawing its own envoy to Ottawa because he was named among “persons of interest” following the killing of a Sikh separatist leader.
India “decided to expel” six diplomats including Ottawa’s acting high commissioner Stewart Wheeler, his deputy and four first secretaries. “They have been asked to leave India by or before 11:59 pm on Saturday, October 19,” the foreign ministry said in a statement.