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,

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.

Trudeau specifically tied the six to the murder of Sikh separatist Hardeep Singh Nijjar last year in British Columbia. Sanjay Kumar Verma, India’s envoy to Canada, told CTV that Trudeau had been relying on intelligence rather than evidence.