U.S. charges Indian national, including Indian Govt. employee, with conspiracy to assassinate Khalistani separatist Pannun in New York
The Hindu
The United States Justice Department has filed indictment against Indians, including an “Indian govt. employee” for a foiled plot to assassinate U.S. citizen and Khalistani separatist Gurpatwant Singh Pannun
The United States Justice Department has filed indictment against Indians, including an “Indian govt. employee” for a foiled plot to assassinate U.S. citizen and Khalistani separatist Gurpatwant Singh Pannun.
Nikhil Gupta was arrested by Czech authorities in June and is awaiting extradition.
"The defendant conspired from India to assassinate, right here in New York City, a U.S. citizen of Indian origin who has publicly advocated for the establishment of a sovereign state for Sikhs," Damian Williams, the top federal prosecutor in Manhattan, said in a statement.
The Ministry of External Affairs earlier today had announced a “high-level enquiry committee” to look into inputs from the U.S. government on reports of the alleged involvement of Indians in a plot to target a Khalistani leader in the U.S
On November 22, The Financial Times reported that the U.S. government thwarted a plot to kill Khalistani separatist Gurpatwant Singh Pannun on U.S. soil, and “warned” New Delhi about its alleged involvement in the plot.
External Affairs Ministry Spokesperson Arindam Bagchi said India constituted a high-level inquiry committee on November 18 to look into all the relevant aspects of the matter.
“We have already said that during the course of discussions with the US on bilateral security cooperation, the US side shared some inputs pertaining to nexus between organised criminals, gun runners, terrorists and others,” Bagchi said.
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