Indian envoy Sanjay Kumar Verma accused Canada of using Khalistani extremists as 'deep assets' while denying India's involvement in Hardeep Singh Nijjar's murder.

Indian High Commissioner Sanjay Kumar Verma has accused Canada of citing hearsay, instead of corroborating evidence.

Vancouver: Amid the ongoing diplomatic dispute between India and Canada, New Delhi's envoy to Ottawa, Sanjay Kumar Verma, has accused Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau of damaging relations between the two countries,

Indian envoy Sanjay Kumar Verma states Canada has not provided evidence in the Nijjar case, calling Ottawa's charges politically motivated.

India's envoy to Canada, who is being expelled over what Ottawa says are links to the murder of a Sikh leader, insisted in an interview he was innocent and said Prime Minister Justin Trudeau had wrecked bilateral political ties.

Indian envoy Sanjay Kumar Verma said that Canada has not shared a “shred of evidence” with India concerning the Khalistani leader Nijjar killing case.

In an old video, the then Leader of the Opposition in Canada could be heard launching a scathing attack on Prime Minister Justin Trudeau for levelling “baseless” allegations against India over the killing of Khalistani separatist Hardeep Singh Nijjar.