Washington: The United States (US) has declared that it considered the alleged involvement of the Indian intelligence agency in two assassination schemes in the US and Canada as a serious issue.
According to Kahmir Media Service, an Indian intelligence service officer was directly involved in an aborted plot to kill a US citizen who happens to be one of Indian Prmier Modi’s most outspoken critics in the US.
According to the reports published in US media, the Indian officer was also involved in the Sikh activist’s separate killing in Canada in June of last year.
“This is a serious matter, and we’re taking that very, very seriously,” White House spokesperson Karine Jean-Pierre told reporters. “We’re going to continue to raise our concerns.”
Gurpatwant Singh Pannun, a Sikh leader and dual citizen of the United States and Canada, was the target of an attempted murder plot, which was orchestrated by an Indian government official, according to US officials in November.
Pannun is the general counsel for Sikhs for Justice, a group that India designated as an “unlawful association” in 2019 due to its radical activities. India subsequently designated Pannun as an “individual terrorist” in 2020.
