Key Points
Last November, the US prosecutors charged Nikhil Gupta, an Indian national for an alleged assassination plot to eliminate Gurpatwant Pannun in New York..
The US State Department on Monday said that an Indian enquiry panel set up to probe Washington DC's allegations of the involvement of an Indian national in a foiled plot to assassinate an American national will visit the US capital on Tuesday...
The US national mentioned here is said to be none other than pro-Khalistani extremist Gurpatwant Singh Pannun, designated by the Indian government as a terrorist in 2020.e)..
According to the ministry, Pannun's SFJ is known for anti-national and subversive activities in Punjab, with the intention to disrupt the sovereignty and territorial integrity of India."..
Last month, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) conducted searches at four locations across Punjab in a case related to the promotion of terror-related activities and violence by Sikhs for Justice (SFJ) leader and pro-Khalistani terrorist Gurupatwant Singh Pannun..
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