India Withdraws Envoy, Diplomats Named ‘Persons of Interest’ in Canada Probe

India Withdraws Envoy, Diplomats Named ‘Persons of Interest’ in Canada Probe
High Commissioner of India to Canada Sanjay Kumar Verma speaks to reporters during an interview in Ottawa on Aug. 31, 2023. The Canadian Press/Patrick Doyle
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India withdrew its envoy to Canada on Monday along with other officials and diplomats who Ottawa named as “persons of interest” in a matter related to an investigation in the country, the foreign ministry said.

New Delhi rejected the “preposterous imputations” of the Canadian assertion, made in a diplomatic communication on Sunday, saying it was part of Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s “political agenda” centred around “vote bank politics.”