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"US prosecutors have accused an agent of the Indian government of directing the
attempted assassination of an American citizen on US soil, according to a
superseding indictment released by the Department of Justice, which revealed
new details about India’s alleged targeting of Sikh activists around the world.
The indictment made public on Wednesday also provided new evidence that the
Indian agent – who is not named – ordered the murder of Hardeep Singh Nijjar, a
prominent Sikh activist who was shot dead outside a Sikh temple in British
Columbia in June.
The Canadian prime minister, Justin Trudeau, announced in September that there
were “credible allegations” that agents of the Indian government had carried
out the assassination of Nijjar. The allegations were denied by India, which
called the claim “absurd” and politically motivated.
The US indictment now appears to confirm, however, evidence of a global plot
allegedly orchestrated in India to silence and kill vocal critics of the Indian
government who support the creation of an independent Sikh state.
Gurpatwant Singh Pannun, the target of the alleged assassination plot, told the
Guardian that the indictment revealed a “blatant case of India’s
transnational terrorism” – adding that the attempt on his life had only
galvanized his efforts to pursue a symbolic referendum on an independent Sikh
homeland, known as Khalistan.
“If death is the cost for running the Khalistan referendum, I am willing to pay
that price,” he said in a statement. “First by assassinating Nijjar in Canada
and then attempting to assassinate me on US soil, India under [prime minister
Narendra Modi] has extended to the foreign soils its policy of violently
crushing the Sikhs movement for right to self-determination.”
Speaking on Wednesday, Trudeau said: “The news coming out of the United States
further underscores what we’ve been saying from the beginning, which is that
India needs to take this seriously.”"
Cheers,
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
