Sword was inches away from my body: Recalled Indian envoy recounts Khalistani attack in Canada

Recalled Indian envoy to Canada Sanjay Kumar Verma recounted an account of an attack by a Khalistani supporter in Canada's Alberta, saying that a sword was inches away from him, while speaking to news agency ANI.

"...Yes, a couple of times they came very close to bodily harm us...They were carrying a sword, it was not a Kirpan...When I was in Alberta a sword came around 2-2.5 inches close to my body...," Sanjay Kumar Verma said.

Verma was declared a "person of interest" by Canada last week in its investigation into the June 2023 killing of Hardeep Singh Nijjar, a Canadian citizen who has been declared a Khalistani terrorist by India. Before Canada could take further action, New Delhi recalled Verma and five other diplomats who were also similarly named.

"The Khalistanis have made Khalistan into a business in Canada. In the name of Khalistan, they do human trafficking, drug trafficking, gun-running and all. They earn a lot of money through that and also through gurudwaras and they use part of that money for all nefarious jobs," he told PTI on Thursday.

"A child that cries the most gets fed first by the mother. Similarly, even though they are only a handful, they shout the most and get the most attention from Canadian political backers," he added.

(With PTI Inputs)