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The Mounties take on Modi. Who will win?

India’s government has dismissed explosive charges by Canada’s police

People hold a cutout depicting Indian prime minister Narendra Modi during a Sikh rally outside the Indian consulate a in Toronto.
Waving flags for KhalsaPhotograph: Getty Images

Canadian Thanksgiving is usually a sleepy holiday, unnoticed by the rest of the world. Not this year. In a press conference held on October 14th Mike Duheme, the head of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, accused India’s top diplomat in Canada, Sanjay Kumar Verma, of involvement with a criminal network that has coerced and killed Canadian citizens who support Sikh separatism.

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