Did India order the murder of a US Sikh separatist? Here’s what we know
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Did India order the murder of a US Sikh separatist? Here’s what we know

Al Jazeera  

A US Justice Department indictment suggests an Indian government official tried to mastermind the assassination of US citizen Gurpatwant Singh Pannun. The United States Department of Justice has announced charges against an Indian man accusing him of working for the Indian government to carry out the planned assassination of a Sikh separatist leader in New York. The suggestions from US officials that India might have been involved in an attempt at an extrajudicial killing on the soil of a friendly nation come six months after Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau accused New Delhi of involvement in the assassination of another Sikh separatist leader, Hardeep Singh Nijjar, near Vancouver. Justice Department Announces Charges in Connection with Foiled Plot to Assassinate U.S. Citizen in New York City Indian Government Employee Directed a Plot from India to Murder U.S.-Based Leader of Sikh Separatist Movementhttps://t.co/v1IDJXy46P pic.twitter.com/dxDmarrjH4 — National Security Division, U.S. Dept of Justice November 29, 2023 What has the Indian government said?

History of this topic

Nijjar killing: Canada proceeds trial against 4 Indians without preliminary hearing; case moved to British Columbia SC
4 weeks ago
Canada: Trial of four Indians accused in killing of Nijjar moved to British Columbia court
4 weeks, 1 day ago
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1 month ago
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1 month ago
USA: Jay Clayton to replace prosecutor who files charges in Pannun assassination plot case
1 month, 1 week ago
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1 month, 2 weeks ago
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Canada Accuses Indian Home Minister of Targeting Sikh Separatists in Canada
1 month, 3 weeks ago
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2 months ago
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2 months ago
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2 months ago
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3 months, 3 weeks ago
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4 months ago
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4 months ago
A California shooting of a Sikh separtist fuels suspicion
4 months ago
Sikh separatist leader attacked by gunfire on California interstate
4 months ago
4 Indians linked to Nijjar murder make brief court appearance in Canada
4 months, 2 weeks ago
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4 months, 3 weeks ago
Giani Raghbir Singh asks SGPC to put up portraits of Khalistani terrorists at Golden Temple museum
5 months, 1 week ago
Sikh assassinations: Are the US and Canada raising the heat on India?
6 months ago
Pannun murder plot: Nikhil Gupta hasn’t sought consular access, says MEA
6 months ago
Hardeep Singh Nijjar: The terrorist who was mourned by Justin Trudeau and Gurpatwant Pannun
6 months ago
India slams Canadian House's ‘silence’ tribute to Khalistani terrorist Nijjar
6 months ago
Nijjar was merely a gangster killed in gang war said former Sikh
6 months ago
Death anniversary of Khalistani terrorist Hardeep Singh Nijjar observed in Canadian Parliament
6 months ago
Video: Canadian Parliament Honours Khalistani Terrorist Hardeep Singh Nijjar, Observes ‘Moment Of Silence’
6 months ago
Gurpatwant Pannun murder plot: Nikhil Gupta, accused of murder-for-hire plot against Sikh separatist Pannun, pleads not guilty in U.S. court
6 months ago
Indian national pleads not guilty in plot to assassinate a Sikh separatist leader in New York City
6 months ago
Gurpatwant Singh Pannun murder plot: Nikhil Gupta extradited to US in Sikh separatist case
6 months ago
Gurpatwant Singh Pannun murder plot: Nikhil Gupta, accused of murder for hire plot, extradited to U.S.
6 months, 1 week ago
Timeline of pro-Khalistan events in Canada, desecration of Indian flag and glorification of terrorists
6 months, 2 weeks ago
Indians accused of killing Hardeep Singh Nijjar appear before Canadian court
7 months ago
Indian national charged in Nijjar's murder appears before Canadian court amid protests
7 months, 1 week ago
S Jaishankar on Nijjar case: 'Haven't received anything worthy of being probed'
7 months, 1 week ago
Canadian police announce the arrest of a fourth Indian suspect in the killing of a Sikh activist
7 months, 1 week ago
Fourth Indian arrested in Canada for suspected role in separatist Nijjar killing case
7 months, 1 week ago
Fourth Indian arrested and charged in Canada over Sikh activist’s killing
7 months, 1 week ago
India says Canada yet to provide evidence of its involvement in Nijjar killing
7 months, 2 weeks ago
India says Canada has shared no evidence of its involvement in killing of a Sikh separatist leader
7 months, 2 weeks ago
Hardeep Nijjar killing: Suspect says he entered Canada using ‘study permit’
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