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.

In an interview with Canada's private broadcaster CTV, Sanjay Kumar Verma the outgoing Indian High Commissioner to Ottawa, said Justin Trudeau has made sure that the bilateral relations with India "only go downwards,

India's envoy accuses Trudeau of damaging ties over Khalistani separatist killing, calling charges politically motivated and lacking evidence.