India slams Canada for linking home minister to Sikh plots

NEW DELHI: India’s foreign ministry said on Saturday that it had lodged a strong protest with Canada for linking India’s home minister to alleged plots against Sikh separatists there and accused Ottawa of spying on Indian consular staff.

The Washington Post newspaper first reported that Canadian officials alleged Amit Shah, considered the number two in the Modi government, was behind a campaign of violence and intimidation targeting Sikh separatists in Canada.

Canadian Deputy Foreign Affairs Minister David Morrison told a parliamentary panel on Tuesday that he told the U.S.-based newspaper that Shah was behind the plots.