A fact-finding committee set up by India will travel to the United States on Tuesday (October 15) to investigate US allegations that an Indian government official was involved in a “foiled plot” to assassinate Khalistani terrorist Gurpatwant Singh Pannun on US soil. , the US State Department said on Monday. However, the government later withdrew its statement released by the US State Department.
According to a previous official press release, the Investigative Committee would travel to Washington, DC on October 15 to discuss the case, “including what they have obtained, and to receive an update from US authorities on the US case that is proceeding.” .
“The Committee was established by India to investigate the activities of certain organized criminals and is actively investigating the individual who was identified last year in a Justice Department indictment as an Indian government employee who led a foiled plot to assassinate a American citizen in New York. City,” the statement previously said.
“In addition, India has informed the United States that it is continuing its efforts to investigate the former government employee’s other ties and will determine follow-up actions as necessary,” the State Department previously added.
In November last year, US federal prosecutors accused Indian national Nikhil Gupta of being involved with an Indian government employee in the “foiled plot” to assassinate Pannun in New York. Gupta, arrested in the Czech Republic in June last year, was extradited to the United States on June 14.
India has denied the allegations but has constituted an internal investigation team to investigate the matter.
(With PTI inputs)
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