The Ministry of External Affairs stated that the inputs shared by the US have been taken very severely.
New Delhi:
India has confirmed the United States’ assertion that an individual recognized as ‘CC1’ in a US Department of Justice indictment on an alleged assassination plot of Khalistani terrorist Gurpatwant Singh Pannun is not employed by the Indian authorities.
The US State Department had stated it had been knowledgeable about this by Indian officers who’re members of an inquiry committee.
“We’ve obtained an replace from them on the investigation that they’ve been conducting. It was a productive assembly. They did inform us that the person who was named within the Justice Department indictment is not an worker of the Indian authorities… We are happy with the cooperation,” State Department spokesman Matthew Miller informed reporters.
At a press convention on Thursday, Ministry of External Affairs Spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal confirmed that the individual named within the indictment is not an worker of the federal government of India.
To a follow-up query on who the Indian official is and who’re the individuals who have gone to the United States, Mr Jaiswal stated, “I’ve confirmed that this gentleman is just not a part of the Government of India setup, he isn’t an worker, past that I haven’t got something to share with you. Regarding the individuals who have gone to the United States, these are members of the high-level inquiry committee that had been arrange in November 2023 to look into the inputs that had been shared by the US.”
“We have taken these inputs very severely and we stay engaged with the US facet on this matter. Two members of the high-level committee have travelled there and held conferences with the US facet,” he added.
In November final 12 months, UK newspaper Financial Times had reported that the US had foiled a plot to kill Pannun, who heads the unconventional outfit, Sikhs for Justice, and holds twin citizenship of the US and Canada. Officials within the Joe Biden administration had later confirmed this.
Both the US and India have stated that the allegations and the indictment is not going to have an effect on the upward trajectory of the ties between the 2 international locations.