India’s government is denying that it works with mobsters to target Sikh separatists in Canada as alleged publicly this week by Canadian officials in an escalating diplomatic dispute.

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Wednesday India made "a horrific mistake" by thinking it could interfere as aggressively as it allegedly did in Canada's sovereignty. Trudeau made the remark two days after Canada kicked out six Indian diplomats,

Justin Trudeau said India made a "horrific mistake" by allegedly interfering in Canada's sovereignty as bilateral relations degraded to their lowest point in decades. The Canadian prime minister made the comment just two days after Ottawa expelled six Indian diplomats and New Delhi followed suit as the fallout from the investigation into the assassination of Sikh separatist leader Hardeep Singh Nijjar continued to damage ties between the two countries.