Transport Minister Anita Anand’s office announced that additional testing measures imposed on travelers to India earlier this week have been lifted.
Anand said in a press statement on Monday that “out of an abundance of caution” the ministry would temporarily implement additional security checks on travelers to India.
Government officials told CBC News the additional measures will be implemented by the Canadian Air Transport Security Agency (CATSA), which is responsible for screening passengers and their baggage before entering restricted areas of the airport.
Officials spoke on the background because they were not authorized to share details publicly.
Last month, an Air India flight from New Delhi to Chicago was diverted to Iqaluit due to a bomb attack. No bomb was found on board.
Mr. Anand’s announcement Monday came a month after the RCMP implicated Indian government agents in a wide range of crimes in Canada, including murder, extortion and intimidation.
Canada expelled six Indian diplomats in October, the same day RCMP Commissioner Mike Duhame said there were “well over a dozen” cases against members of the South Asian community, particularly Sikhs in the pro-Khalistan movement. He spoke of a credible and imminent threat.
India strongly denies the RCMP’s claims and immediately retaliated against the federal government by ordering six Canadian diplomats to leave the country.
