Toronto, March 21 -- The head of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) has said that there are currently no links between the Indian government and transnational repression or foreign interference. In an interview with the outlet CTV News, which will air on Sunday, RCMP commissioner Mike Duheme was asked whether his agency was concerned about transnational repression by agents of India. He replied, "In the files that we have that involve transnational repression, we're not seeing any connection right now with any foreign entity, based on the criminal information, the investigations that we have presently." The host pressed on the matter several times, according to a clip of the exchange posted by the outlet. When asked whether Indian agents posed a threat to public safety, Duheme said, "I'm saying that based on the totality of the files that we have on foreign interference or transnational repression, what we have in our holdings is we have people that are intimidating people, harassing people, but connecting the dots to a foreign entity, regardless of the country, we don't have that." In October 2024 Duheme had led a press conference during which the RCMP had accused Indian officials of being linked to targeted violence in Canada. India withdrew six diplomats and officials from the country after Ottawa asked New Delhi to waive their immunity so they could be questioned in that regard. Six Canadian diplomats were expelled in retaliation. Duheme statement comes within weeks of similar statements from Canadian officials. Just prior to Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney's bilateral visit, a senior official, during the course of a background briefing, said authorities no longer suspected India of interfering in Canada's democratic processes or being involved in targeted violence in the country. During a technical briefing in late February, an unnamed official said, "I really don't think we'd be taking this trip if we thought these kind of activities were continuing." Canada has not rejected that statement though officials, including Carney, have tempered it by saying they would not have used those exact words in that context....