India on Tuesday trashed Canada’s attempts to link Indian agents with criminal gangs in that country with official sources rejecting Ottawa’s claim that it shared evidence with New Delhi in the Nijjar case.
The sources also rejected Canadian Prime Minister allegations that India was engaging in activities, including carrying out covert operations targeting Canadian nationals in his country.
The ties between India and Canada witnessed a major downturn on Monday as India expelled six Canadian diplomats and announced withdrawing its High Commissioner from Canada after dismissing Ottawa’s allegations linking the envoy to a probe into the killing of Sikh extremist Hardeep Singh Nijjar.
“Canadian PM Trudeau’s press conference yesterday was the same old Trudeau saying the same old things for the same old reasons,” said a source.
The sources said the assertions by Canadian officials that presented credible evidence to India in the Nijjar case is simply not true.