Canada said on Monday it had credible information linking Indian government agents to the killing of a Sikh leader in British Columbia province in June and said it had expelled a senior Indian intelligence official, News.ro reported, citing Reuters. Reuters.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said that any involvement of a foreign government in the killing of a Canadian citizen on Canadian soil is an “unacceptable violation of sovereignty.”

Hardeep Singh Nijar was fatally shot outside a Sikh temple in Surrey, British Columbia on June 18. Nijar supported a Sikh region in the form of an independent state, Khalistani, and was classified as a “terrorist” by India.

“Canadian security services are actively investigating credible allegations of a possible link between agents of the Indian government and the killing of Canadian citizen Hardeep Singh Nijar,” Trudeau said in an emergency statement to parliament.

“Canada has expressed its deep concern to the highest intelligence and security officials of the Indian government. Last week at the G20, I conveyed them personally and directly to Prime Minister Modi in very clear terms,” ​​Trudeau said.

For her part, Foreign Affairs Minister Melanie Jolie told reporters that Ottawa had expelled the head of Indian intelligence from Canada, but did not provide other details.

New Delhi said last week that Modi had conveyed to Trudeau his serious concern over Canada’s protests against India.

Canada has the largest Sikh population outside of its home state of Punjab in India, and the country has been the site of many protests that have angered India.