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US reveals charges in Indian assassination plot

Russia Today 30 Nov 2023
The US Department of Justice announced on Wednesday that an Indian national, arrested earlier this year in the Czech Republic, has been charged with plotting to assassinate Gurpatwant Singh Pannun, a Sikh activist whom India has designated a terrorist ... plot from India.”.
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US says Indian gov’t official directed plot to assassinate Sikh activist

Al Jazeera 29 Nov 2023
list of 3 itemslist 1 of 3US thwarted plot to kill Sikh separatist, issued warning to India ... Fraying India-Canada relations over Sikh separatist’s killing ... While India has continued to crack down on activists who support Khalistani separatism, analysts have said that the movement has long ceased to be a serious force in India.
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Indian man charged with assassination plot aimed at Sikh activist in NYC

Raw Story 29 Nov 2023
Nikhil "Nick" Gupta was charged on Wednesday after an Indian government employee who works on security and intelligence encouraged him to take out a Sikh activist who supports a sovereign state in northern India, the Department of Justice said. The defendant conspired from India to assassinate, right here in New York City, a U.S.
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U.S. charges Indian national with plot to assassinate Sikh separatist in New York

Sandhills Express 29 Nov 2023
Nikhil Gupta, who resides in India, is charged with two counts of murder-for-hire and conspiracy ... The activist had been banned from India for his separatist views and now lives in the U.S., according to the charging documents ... and India ... India has firmly denied any role in the killing.
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Indian charged in New York assassination plot with ties to New Delhi

Usatoday 29 Nov 2023
Tensions between Canada and India rise after killing of Sikh activist. Canada-India tensions have escalated with diplomatic expulsions after an allegation of Indian government involvement in the killing of a Sikh activist ... Thousands of people were killed in India during the 1980s and '90s in fighting between Sikh separatists and government forces.
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Could a US indictment expose India’s alleged plot to silence Sikh dissidents?

The Guardian 29 Nov 2023
... India was behind the assassination of a prominent Sikh activist, few allies rushed to his defence.
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Kashmir students accused of terror for ‘celebrating’ India World Cup loss

Al Jazeera 29 Nov 2023
list of 4 itemslist 1 of 4In cricket-crazy Kashmir, the India-Pakistan World Cup clash tests emotions ... list 3 of 4Kashmiris beaten, player abused after India loses to Pakistan ... The law, which makes securing bail almost impossible, has largely been used by India’s Hindu nationalist government against political dissenters and Muslim activists.
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Top US intelligence officials demanded India probe assassination plot

Stars and Stripes 29 Nov 2023
Activists and some U.S ... Eric Swalwell (D-Calif.), a member of the American Sikh Congressional Caucus, posted on X that “I’m concerned by reports that India’s government is targeting Sikh activists abroad” and pledged to work with local and federal officials to ensure actions are taken to protect the Sikh community.
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U.S. prosecutors allege assassination plot of Sikh separatist directed by Indian government employee

The Spokesman-Review 29 Nov 2023
Eric Swalwell (D-Calif.), a member of the American Sikh Congressional Caucus, posted on X, formerly Twitter, that “I’m concerned by reports that India’s government is targeting Sikh activists abroad” and pledged to work with local and federal officials to ensure actions are taken to protect the Sikh community.
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US accuses Indian agent of directing plot to assassinate American citizen

The Guardian 29 Nov 2023
... by the Department of Justice, which revealed new details about India’s alleged targeting of Sikh activists around the world.
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India opens an investigation after US says it disrupted a plot to kill a Sikh ...

Times Union 29 Nov 2023
NEW DELHI (AP) — India has set up a high-level inquiry after U.S ... side shared some information and India "takes such inputs seriously since they impinge on our national security interests as well, and relevant departments were already examining the issue,” a statement by External Affairs Ministry spokesman Arindam Bagchi said.
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India Opens an Investigation After U.S. Says It Disrupted a Plot to Kill Sikh Separatist Leader

Time Magazine 29 Nov 2023
NEW DELHIIndia has set up a high-level inquiry after U.S ... side shared some information and India “takes such inputs seriously since they impinge on our national security interests as well, and relevant departments were already examining the issue,” a statement by External Affairs Ministry spokesman Arindam Bagchi said.
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India implicated in New York assassination plot, prosecutors say

Politico 29 Nov 2023
Legal India implicated in New York assassination plot, prosecutors say ... Drug Enforcement Administration interceded and set up a sting, with an undercover agent posing as a hitman, after the conspirators recruited an international narcotics trafficker in the plot to murder the activist for $100,000.
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BJP weaponising Gaza conflict to further Hindu-Muslim divide in India

Kashmir Media Service 29 Nov 2023
India-based software expert Pratik Sinha, who runs a fact checking website called Alt News has debunked several such videos which have been widely shared in India by Hindu rightwing activists ... France 24 in its video further said, “Since the war broke out, hashtags such as ‘I Stand With Israel’ were widely used by extremists in India.
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US authorities charge man from India in plot to kill Sikh separatist leader in New ...

Fort Wayne Journal Gazette 29 Nov 2023
authorities announced murder-for-hire charges Wednesday against a man from India they say plotted to pay an assassin $100,000 to kill a prominent Sikh separatist leader living in New York City, after the man advocated for the establishment of a sovereign state for Sikhs ... India had set up a high-level inquiry after U.S.

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