India Rejects US Court Summons Over Alleged Plot Against Khalistani Leader
Indian government calls lawsuit by Gurpatwant Singh Pannun 'unwarranted and unsubstantiated', asserts it will not impact India-US relations.
- A US court has summoned the Indian government and several officials over an alleged plot to assassinate Khalistani separatist Gurpatwant Singh Pannun.
- Pannun, who holds dual citizenship in the US and Canada, claims top Indian officials orchestrated an assassination attempt against him in New York last year.
- The Ministry of External Affairs dismissed the lawsuit as 'unwarranted and unsubstantiated' and highlighted Pannun's links to a banned terrorist organization.
- India has launched a high-level probe into the matter but maintains that the allegations do not alter the upward trajectory of India-US relations.
- US authorities had previously thwarted the plot, leading to charges against Indian national Nikhil Gupta, who pleaded not guilty.