Pannun murder plot: Central panel recommends ‘legal action against an individual’
The Ministry of Home Affairs did not name the person but emphasised the committee's recommendation to expedite the proceedings.
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A high-powered enquiry committee, set up by the Union government to investigate inputs from the United States about an alleged foiled plot to kill Sikh separatist Gurpatwant Singh Pannun, has recommended “legal action against an individual”, the Ministry of Home Affairs stated on Wednesday.
“After a long enquiry, the committee has submitted its report to the Government and recommended legal action against an individual, whose earlier criminal links and antecedents also came to notice during the enquiry,” read the ministry’s statement.
It added: “The Enquiry Committee has recommended that the legal action must be completed expeditiously.”
The ministry, however, did not name the individual against whom action has been recommended.
New Delhi set up the committee in November 2023 after a Financial Times report said that the Joe Biden administration had foiled a plot to assassinate Pannun on American soil.
The report also said that the US had warned India about concerns that the Narendra Modi government was involved in the conspiracy. Indian officials expressed “surprise and concern” in response to the allegations, according to the White House.
Subsequently, the US Attorney’s Office, Southern District of New York, announced that it had filed murder-for-hire charges against an Indian citizen named Nikhil Gupta in connection with his alleged participation in the plot to assassinate Pannun.
Pannun, an American and Canadian citizen, is an advocate...
