Canada alleged on Tuesday that Amit Shah, India's interior minister and the chief aide of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, was behind plots to target Sikh separatists on Canadian soil.

A Canadian official alleged Tuesday that Indian Home Minister Amit Shah ordered a campaign of violence, intimidation and intelligence-gathering targeting Sikh separatists inside Canada.

India has officially protested the Canadian government’s allegation that the country’s powerful home minister Amit Shah had ordered the targeting of Sikh activists inside Canada, calling it “absurd and baseless.

India's foreign ministry said on Saturday it had lodged a protest with Canada for linking its home minister to alleged plots against Sikh separatists on Canadian soil.

India said Saturday that allegations home minister Amit Shah had plotted to target Sikh activists on Canadian soil were "absurd and baseless", with New Delhi adding it had issued a diplomatic rebuke to Ottawa.

Canada has alleged that Indian Home Minister Amit Shah ordered a campaign of violence, intimidation and intelligence-gathering targeting Sikh separatists inside Canada

India's foreign ministry said on Saturday that it had lodged a strong protest with Canada for linking India's home minister to alleged plots against Sikh separatists there and accused Ottawa of spying on Indian consular staff.

The matter unfolds amid strained ties between India and Canada, after Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau had a year ago said that Canada had credible evidence agents of the Indian government were involved in the murder of Canadian Sikh activist Hardeep Singh Nijjar in British Columbia in June 2023.

The Indian government characterized the accusations as "absurd and baseless," asserting that they are part of a deliberate campaign by Canadian officials to discredit India on the international stage.