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India has told Canada that it must repatriate 41 diplomats by October 10, the Financial Times<\/em> reported<\/a> on Tuesday.<\/p>\n Ties between New Delhi and Ottawa have become seriously strained<\/a> over Canadian suspicion<\/a> that Indian government agents had a role in the June murder in Canada of a Sikh separatist leader and Canadian citizen, Hardeep Singh Nijjar, who India had labelled a \u201cterrorist\u201d.<\/p>\n Nijjar, 45, was the president of Guru Nanak Sikh Gurdwara temple in Surrey, British Columbia and advocated<\/a> for the creation of a Sikh state known as Khalistan.<\/p>\n India has dismissed the allegation as absurd.<\/p>\n On September 21, Trudeau called on<\/a> India to cooperate with an investigation into the murder of the separatist leader in British Columbia and said Canada would not release its evidence for their claims.<\/p>\n India suspended new visas for Canadians and asked Ottawa to reduce its diplomatic presence<\/a> in the country on the same day.<\/p>\n