India suspends visa services in Canada as rift widens over killing

India’s visa processing centre in Canada has suspended its services as a rift between the countries widens (Sean Kilpatrick/The Canadian Press/AP)

India’s visa processing centre in Canada suspended its services on Thursday as a rift between the countries widened after Canada’s leader said India may have been involved in the killing of a Canadian citizen.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau told Parliament on Monday that there are “credible allegations” of Indian involvement in the assassination of Sikh independence activist Hardeep Singh Nijjar, who had been wanted by India for years and was gunned down in June outside the temple he led.