America foils the plot to murder Khalistani terrorist Pannu, warns India

A plot to kill a Sikh separatist has been foiled in the United States. America has also warned the Indian government regarding this. The Financial Times (FT) reported on Wednesday, citing people familiar with the matter. There was no immediate reaction from India’s External Affairs Ministry on the report. The development comes two months after Canada said there were “credible” allegations of Indian agents being involved in the killing of a Sikh separatist leader in a Vancouver suburb in June. India had rejected Canada’s allegations.

According to the report, the target of the plot was American and Canadian citizen Gurpatwant Singh Pannu, who is the leader of Sikhs for Justice (SFJ), a US-based group that is part of a movement demanding a separate homeland for Sikhs known as ” It is called “Khalistan”. They did not say whether the conspirators abandoned their plan because of protests in New Delhi, or whether the FBI intervened and foiled a plan already underway, according to people familiar with the matter.

Some of America’s allies were informed about the plot after the assassination of Hardeep Singh Nijjar, a Canadian Sikh separatist who was killed in Vancouver in June. In September, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said there were “credible allegations” linking New Delhi to Nijjar’s killing. A person aware of the developments said the US protest was issued following Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Washington in June. In addition to the diplomatic warning, a sealed indictment was filed by US federal prosecutors in New York District Court against at least one alleged perpetrator of the plot, people familiar with the matter noted.