Canada yet to provide proof in Nijjar killing probe: EAM

India is not ruling out an investigation into Canada's accusation about the involvement of Indian agents in the killing of Khalistani leader Hardeep Singh Nijjar though Ottawa is yet to provide evidence to back its claim, external affairs minister S Jaishankar has said.

Jaishankar made the remarks while participating in an event organised at Wilton Park, an agency of the UK foreign office, in London late on Wednesday. He was responding to a question during a conversation on the theme "How a billion people see the world".

Noting that he had discussed the issue with his Canadian counterpart Melanie Joly, Jaishankar said: "And we have told them, if you have a reason to make such an allegation, please share the evidence with us. We are not ruling out an investigation and looking at anything which they may have to offer. They haven't done so."

Asked if there is any evidence of Indian involvement in Nijjar's killing, he replied, "None." India-Canada ties cratered after Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau alleged in September there was a "potential link" between Indian agents and the killing of Nijjar in British Columbia in June. India, which had designated Nijjar a terrorist in 2020, dismissed Trudeau's allegation as "absurd".