After Trudeau reveals an explosive allegation, both Ottawa and India are doubling down


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Open this photo in gallery: The Guru Nanak Sikh Gurdwara temple in Surrey, on Sept.19, where two masked men gunned down Hardeep Singh Nijjar on June 18.DON MACKINNON/AFP/Getty Images The day after the explosive allegation, there was digging in. The Canadian government wasn’t going to be easing the tension with India. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said he wasn’t trying to escalate the situation, but that the Indian government had better realize it is serious. India called Mr. Trudeau’s allegation that its agents were potentially linked to the assassination of B.C. Sikh community leader Hardeep Singh Nijjar “absurd” and politically “motivated.”...