New Delhi, March 22 -- Former Indian High Commissioner to Canada, Sanjay Kumar Verma, has hit out at former Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, stating he was "ill-advised" to publicly level allegations linking India to the killing of Khalistani separatist Hardeep Singh Nijjar. Verma noted that the move by the former Canadian leader placed a robust bilateral partnership under significant strain.

In an interview with ANI, Verma's comments followed recent clarifications from Canada's National Police Chief, Mike Duheme, who confirmed that there is currently no evidence connecting the Indian state to the Nijjar case, an issue that had previously sparked a major diplomatic fallout between the two nations.

Reflecting on Trudeau's past cla...