Awaiting outcome of India’s inquiry into alleged plot to kill Sikh separatist, says United States
‘Washington takes the allegations seriously and expects New Delhi to do the same’, a US State Department spokesperson said on Monday.
The United States said on Monday that it is awaiting the results of India’s inquiry into an alleged plot to assassinate Sikh separatist leader Gurpatwant Singh Pannun, who is a citizen of the US and Canada, on American soil.
US State Department Spokesperson Matthew Miller, in response to a question on whether Washington had taken up the matter with New Delhi, noted that India has set up a committee to look into the allegations and that its inquiry is underway.
“But we made very clear that it’s something that we take seriously and we think it’s something they should take seriously as well,” Miller told reporters.
Miller did not comment on the arrest of three Indian nationals in Canada, on Friday, for the murder of Sikh separatist leader Hardeep Singh Nijjar near Vancouver in June, saying that it was up to the authorities in Ottawa to speak about the matter.
On April 30, a report in The Washington Post quoted unidentified senior officials to allege that a Research and Analysis Wing officer named Vikram Yadav was involved in the alleged plot to assassinate Pannun in the US.
This was the first time that allegations emerged about the identity and affiliation of an individual from within India’s foreign intelligence agency in the Pannun case.
The report also cited assessments of...
