No ‘equitable treatment’ for US, Canadian allegations on assassination bids: S Jaishankar in Rajya Sabha
national security, it was decided to institute an inquiry into the matter and an inquiry committee has been constituted," the minister said while speaking in Rajya Sabha. “Insofar as Canada is concerned, no specific evidence or inputs were provided to us. So, the question of equitable treatment to two countries, one of whom has provided inputs and one of whom has not, does not arise," the minister added.
The remarks by India's foreign minister come as prosecutors in Manhattan filed an indictment against an Indian national Nikhil Gupta and an unidentified Indian official in the alleged plot to murder Khalistani separatist Gurpatwant Singh Pannun around his residence in the US. Amid a sensitive phase in India-US relations on the alleged assassination plot to kill Khalistani terrorist Gurpatwant Singh Pannun, the director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Christopher Wray is scheduled to visit India next week. “As you’re aware, we have robust security, cyber-security, counter-terrorism, and counter-narcotics cooperation with US agencies.
We are also engaged in capacity-building programmes. So, as part of this ongoing bilateral cooperation, a visit by the FBI director is in the works," MEA spokesperson Arindam Bagchi said. “This is part of our ongoing dialogue process.
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