India’s High Commissioner to Canada, Sanjay Kumar Verma, denies involvement in the murder of Hardeep Singh Nijjar, asserting that accusations from Prime Minister Justin Trudeau are politically motivated. Verma criticizes Trudeau for damaging bilateral relations based on unsubstantiated intelligence rather than concrete evidence.

Two labourers were killed and two injured in Ganderbal district, J&K, after terrorists fired on a construction camp. This marks the fifth targeted attack on non-natives in Kashmir this year. Security forces are actively searching for the attackers. Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha and other leaders have strongly condemned the attack, while expressing solidarity with the victims’ families.

A preliminary inquiry revealed that there was a verbal spat between Deepak, his brother and others, and Narendra and Suraj at a park.