NEW DELHI: An Indian inquiry committee shall be arriving in Washington on Tuesday to proceed its investigation into costs levelled by the US relating to the involvement of an Indian authorities official in a “foiled plot” to assassinate separatist chief Gurpatwant Singh Pannun, the US state division has knowledgeable.
The panel plans to debate the case, share info they’ve gathered, and obtain updates from US authorities on the progress of the case associated to the “foiled plot”, the division added.
“Moreover, India has knowledgeable america they’re persevering with their efforts to analyze different linkages of the previous authorities worker and can decide follow-up steps, as essential,” the US state division added in its assertion.
In November final 12 months, Indian nationwide Nikhil Gupta was charged by US federal prosecutors for his involvement in a plot to assassinate Gurpatwant Singh Pannun. Gupta was arrested within the Czech Republic on the request of the US authorities.
Prosecutors alleged that Gupta, in coordination with an Indian authorities official, had agreed to pay an murderer $100,000 to kill Pannun, who resides in New York Metropolis. Nevertheless, India has denied the allegations however has shaped an inside investigations crew to look into the matter.
Pannun, labeled a terrorist by India, is a pacesetter of the Khalistani separatist group Sikhs for Justice (SFJ).
