The US provided Canada with intelligence after the killing of Hardeep Singh Nijjar, but communications intercepted by Ottawa were more definitive and led it to accuse India of orchestrating the plot, The New York Times has reported citing sources.

“In the aftermath of the killing, US intelligence agencies offered their Canadian counterparts context that helped Canada conclude that India had been involved,” the NYT reported, quoting unnamed allied officials as saying. Yet what appears to be the “smoking gun”, intercepted communications of Indian diplomats in Canada indicating involvement in the plot, was gathered by Canadian officials, allied officials said.

According to the report, the officials said Canadian officials had offered a general warning to Nijjar but had not told him that he was the target of an Indian government plot.

The report came on Saturday as US Ambassador to Canada David Cohen said that there was “shared intelligence among Five Eyes partners” that had prompted Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s llegation against India in the killing of a Khalistani terrorist on Canadian soil.

India has rejected Trudeau’s allegations as absurd and motivated.