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,

The Canadian prime minister criticized India Wednesday over its alleged interference in the "safety and sovereignty of Canada."

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,