Canada admits, ‘Only intelligence, no hard evidence’; MEA hits back at PM Justin Trudeau

New Delhi: Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has admitted that when he accused Indian agents of being involved in the murder of Khalistani terrorist Hardeep Singh Nijjar last year, he only had intelligence information and no concrete evidence.

PM Trudeau said when Canadian agencies asked India to look into the allegations, New Delhi asked for proof. “At that point, it was primarily intelligence, not hard evidentiary proof,” Trudeau admitted in his statement.

On this recent statement by PM Trudeau, the Ministry of External Affairs has also shared its response. In a late-night statement, MEA Official spokesperson, Randhir Jaiswal said that responsibility of damage to India Canada relations lie with PM Justin Trudeau alone.

He said, “What we have heard today only confirms what we have been saying consistently all along – Canada has presented us no evidence whatsoever in support of the serious allegations that it has chosen to level against India and Indian diplomats. The responsibility for the damage that this cavalier behaviour has caused to India-Canada relations lies with Prime Minister Trudeau alone”

Meanwhile, an investigation committee was formed regarding foreign interference in Canadian politics. Trudeau appeared in it on Wednesday and said, “I had received intelligence information from the Five Eyes countries, which made it clear that India was involved in the murder of its citizen on Canadian soil.”

The row escalated when PM Justin Trudeau leveled serious allegations against Indian diplomats and the high commissioner for having involvement in the killing of Nijjar. In response to this, New Delhi called back its top diplomats from Ottawa and expelled six Canadian diplomats from our country.