Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has criticised the "cowardly attempts to intimidate our diplomats" in his first comments over the deepening diplomatic row with Canada. Both countries expelled each other's top envoys last month after Canadian officials accused India of being involved in violent acts targeting Indian dissidents on Canadian soil,

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau of Canada and Prime Minister Narendra Modi of India condemned violent protests that erupted in a Canadian city over the weekend as the conflict between their two countries appears to be spilling over into the streets of the Great White North.

The weekend conflicts come just weeks after RCMP announced they had evidence of Indian officials’ involvement in homicides, extortion and violent crime on Canadian soil