‘Unacceptable red line’: What US ambassador said on Gurpatwant Pannun case; threats to India
Hindustan TimesUS ambassador to India Eric Garcetti has acknowledged that India and the United States were working together in the investigation of the alleged foiled assassination plot against Khalistani separatist Gurpatwant Singh Pannun. Eric Garcetti said that the American system protects free speech “for better or for worse” while responding to questions on the Khalistani marches and the threats issued by Gurpatwant Singh Pannun. US federal prosecutors have charged that Nikhil Gupta was working with an Indian government employee and had agreed to pay an assassin USD 1,00,000 to kill Pannun, who lives in New York City. Pannun threatened Air India Last year, Gurpatwant Singh Pannun threatened that Air India would not be allowed to operate on November 19.