India angry over visa row, warns Canada of retaliation

Given Canada refuses visas to Indian Army officers have written to the Interior Ministry of External Affairs Ministry asked to consider the matter strongly with the Canadian High Commission.

Home Ministry wants the Canadian High Commission to apologize, pull the comments and take action against officials responsible for such behavior.

Canada denied a visa to a member of the Armed Forces Committee, which serves three brigadier generals, a retired lieutenant general and former IB chief's official on the grounds that their organizations have been active in the violence.

A servant Intelligence Bureau officer, assigned to travel to Toronto for the Prime Minister's trip there next month, was refused a visa recently, but was later allowed to travel after protest from India.