Tensions high after India denies ties to killing of Sikh activist in Canada
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THE CANADIAN PRESS VIA AP
Mourners carry the casket of Sikh community leader and temple president Hardeep Singh Nijjar during Antim Darshan, the first part of a day-long funeral service for him, in Surrey, British Columbia, Sunday, June 25.THE CANADIAN PRESS VIA AP
Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, left, walks past Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi as they take part in a wreath-laying ceremony at Raj Ghat, Mahatma Gandhi's cremation site, during the G20 Summit in New Delhi, Sunday, Sept. 10. Trudeau said that Canada wasn't looking to escalate tensions, but asked India on Tuesday, Sept. 19, to take the killing of a Sikh activist seriously after India called accusations that the Indian government may have been involved absurd.THE CANADIAN PRESS VIA AP
Canada Prime Minister Justin Trudeau delivers a statement in the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Ontario, on Monday, Sept. 18.THE CANADIAN PRESS VIA AP
Moninder Singh, front right, a spokesperson for the British Columbia Gurdwaras Council (BCGC), waits to speak to reporters outside the Guru Nanak Sikh Gurdwara Sahib in Surrey, British Columbia, on Monday, Sept. 18, where temple president Hardeep Singh Nijjar was gunned down in his vehicle while leaving the temple parking lot in June. Canada expelled a top Indian diplomat Monday as it investigates what Prime Minister Justin Trudeau called credible allegations that India’s government may have had links to the assassination in Canada of a Sikh activist.THE CANADIAN PRESS VIA AP
A photograph of late temple president Hardeep Singh Nijjar is seen on a banner outside the Guru Nanak Sikh Gurdwara Sahib in Surrey, British Columbia, on Monday, Sept. 18, where temple president Hardeep Singh Nijjar was gunned down in his vehicle while leaving the temple parking lot in June.THE CANADIAN PRESS VIA AP
A man rides a bike outside the Guru Nanak Sikh Gurdwara Sahib in Surrey, British Columbia, on Monday, Sept. 18, where temple president Hardeep Singh Nijjar was gunned down in his vehicle while leaving the temple parking lot in June.THE CANADIAN PRESS VIA AP
Moninder Singh, center, a spokesperson for the British Columbia Gurdwaras Council (BCGC), speaks to reporters outside the Guru Nanak Sikh Gurdwara Sahib in Surrey, British Columbia, on Monday, Sept. 18, where temple president Hardeep Singh Nijjar was gunned down in his vehicle while leaving the temple parking lot in June.THE CANADIAN PRESS VIA AP
Khalistan flags are seen outside the Guru Nanak Sikh Gurdwara Sahib in Surrey, British Columbia, on Monday, Sept. 18, where temple president Hardeep Singh Nijjar was gunned down in his vehicle while leaving the temple parking lot in June.THE CANADIAN PRESS VIA AP
The Guru Nanak Sikh Gurdwara Sahib is seen in Surrey, British Columbia, on Monday, Sept. 18, where temple president Hardeep Singh Nijjar was gunned down in his vehicle while leaving the temple parking lot in June.ASSOCIATED PRESS
An Indian paramilitary soldier stands guard next to a police barricade outside the Canadian High Commission in New Delhi, India, Tuesday, Sept. 19. Tensions between India and Canada are high after Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's government expelled a top Indian diplomat and accused India of having links to the assassination in Canada of Sikh leader Hardeep Singh Nijjar, a strong supporter of an independent Sikh homeland.ASSOCIATED PRESS
A Delhi police officer briefs a group of Indian paramilitary soldiers outside the Canadian High Commission in New Delhi, India, Tuesday, Sept. 19.ASSOCIATED PRESS
An Indian paramilitary soldier directs vehicles outside the Canadian High Commission in New Delhi, India, Tuesday, Sept. 19.