Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Friday called Canadian officials 'criminals' for leaking information about India-designated pro-Khalistan terrorist Hardeep Singh Nijjar to media. Indo-Canadian ties are currently under strain due to Trudeau's unsubstantiated allegations about India having been involved in Nijjar's murder in Canada.

Amid heightened diplomatic tension with India, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau called his own intelligence officials 'criminals' for linking Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar to violence in Canada.

A report by The Globe and Mail claimed Canadian security agencies believed PM Modi, Jaishankar, and NSA Ajit Doval were aware of the violent plots.

Earlier, a bombshell report by Canadian media outlet Globe and Mail claimed that Canadian security agencies believed PM Modi was aware of the violent plots and added that Jaishankar and Indian National Security Adviser (NSA) Ajit Doval were also kept in loop.

Canada has officially denied it has any evidence to link PM Modi, foreign minister S Jaishankar and NSA Ajit Doval with the murder of pro-Khalistan terrorist Hardeep Singh Nijjar, distancing itself from a Canadian media report earlier this week that quoted an anonymous security official to suggest that all three shared culpability for

The Canadian government has denied reports that it believes Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi was involved in the alleged plot to kill Sikh activist Hardeep Singh Nijjar. This follows a report in The Globe and Mail,