Overview

• Patnaik says RCMP–NIA contacts and recent meetings between national security advisers have restarted security cooperation and trust-building.
• He says allegations tying Indian agents or diplomats to homicides and extortion lack evidence, and that New Delhi is still waiting for proof.
• The envoy reports living under protection in Canada and says many Indians there do not feel safe.
• He frames Khalistan-linked activity as a Canadian law-and-order issue and flags concerns about transnational criminal groups such as the Bishnoi gang.
• Recent steps include new high commissioners, Foreign Minister Anita Anand’s talks in New Delhi and a joint cooperation statement, alongside rising removals of Indian nationals reported by Canada’s border agency.