In October, the Canadian authorities provoked India by naming the Indian High Commissioner Sanjay Verma as a“person of interest” in their probe into Nijjar's killing. New Delhi retaliated by summoning Ottawa's Charge d'Affaires and lodging a strong protest, before withdrawing the Indian envoy and expelling six Canadian diplomats.

The prime ministers of India and Canada condemned violence that broke out on Sunday at a Hindu temple near Toronto at a time of escalating diplomatic tensions between the two countries.

Ottawa: Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Tuesday broke his silence over recent incidents of violence in the country. However, Trudeau did not talk about the attack on a Hindu temple in Brampton by Khalstani extremists.