‘Big target in Canada’, ‘more jobs’: US chargesheet reveals links between murder bid on Khalistani Pannun, Nijjar
Khalistani separatist Gurpatwant Singh Pannun on American soil, has brought forth the debacle with Canada, wherein Prime Minister Justin Trudeau had informed the Canadian Parliament that they have ‘credible evidence’ to allege that Indian government and intelligentsia was involved in the June murder of Khalistani separatist Hardeep Singh Nijjar. The indictments brought against one Nikhil Gupta on attempting to kill Sikh For Justice (SFJ) leader Gurpatwant Singh Pannun, also revealed that it had links to Nijjar's killing earlier this year, and has prompted questions about what US agents knew in the days before his death.
The alleged crime came to forefront after a UK based daily reported that the US had thwarted a murder attempt on dual-citizen Pannun on American soil. Later it was also reported that US had shared details about investigation with Indian government.
Further, just hours before US brought about charges against an Indian government hired man for attempted murder of Pannun, India had suo-moto announced that they formed a high-level committee to probe the murder allegations. The chargesheet details have been reported by BBC The US Justice Department has charged Nikhil Gupta with an elaborate plot to assassinate a dual US-Canadian citizen based in New York, a plot allegedly directed by an Indian government employee.
-On 18 June, Nikhil Gupta watched a video of a Sikh separatist leader who had been shot dead in Canada in his car, his bloody body slumped over the steering wheel. -Gupta then forwarded the video to a man he is accused of hiring as a hitman for another murder, in a different country.
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