S Jaishankar reacts to US ambassador Eric Garcetti's 'red line' remark on Pannun row

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US Ambassador Eric Garcetti had said no government employee of any country can be involved in an assassination plot of a foreign citizen...

New Delhi: External affairs minister S Jaishankar on Monday reacted to the 'red line' comment made by US Ambassador Eric Garcetti over the alleged Gurpatwant Singh Pannun assassination bid, saying New Delhi has been investigating the matter on the basis of certain information provided by the country.I)..

Last year, the American authorities charged an Indian national for allegedly working with an Indian government employee and agreeing to pay an assassin $1,00,000 to kill New York-based Pannun, a pro-Khalistan terrorist..

In an interview last week, US ambassador to India Eric Garcetti said the two countries had been working together on the investigation..

Gurpatwant Singh Pannun is an India-designated terrorist who holds American and Canadian citizenship..

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