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.