Ottawa, Jan. 13 -- India's High Commissioner to Canada, Dinesh Patnaik, strongly pushed back against allegations linking the Indian government to the killing of NIA-designated terrorist Hardeep Singh Nijjar, sharply questioning the absence of evidence during a televised interview.

Responding to a question during CBC News' "Power & Politics" on allegations primarily made by former Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau that India had interfered in the country's internal affairs by killing Nijjar, Patnaik repeatedly demanded "evidence", saying accusations cannot stand without evidence.

"Well, where is the evidence? Every time you keep on saying 'credible information'," the Indian envoy said, rejecting the allegations as unsubstantiated. ...