India needs to take Canada's allegations seriously, Trudeau says after US case

US allegations that an Indian government official directed an unsuccessful plot to assassinate a Sikh separatist on US soil underscores the need for India to take similar allegations by Canada seriously, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Wednesday. The US Justice Department said earlier on Wednesday that a 52-year-old man worked with an Indian government employee, whose responsibilities included security and intelligence, on the plot to assassinate a New York City resident who advocated for a Sikh sovereign state in northern India.