US serves India summons in Khalistan separatist’s plea alleging assassination plot

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The United States State Department has formally served summonses to the Indian government in Khalistan separatist Gurpatwant Singh Pannun’s civil lawsuit alleging an assassination plot against him, Firstpost reported on Tuesday.

Pannun’s lawsuit names National Security Adviser Ajit Doval and former Research and Analysis Wing chief Samant Goel among the defendants.

The Ministry of External Affairs on Tuesday rejected the lawsuits as “frivolous” and described the allegations against Indian officials as “fabricated and malicious”.

Pannun, an American and Canadian citizen, is an advocate for Khalistan, an independent state for Sikhs. He is the general counsel of an organisation called Sikhs for Justice, which was banned in India in 2019. Pannun was declared an “individual terrorist” in India under the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act in 2020.

In February, an Indian man named Nikhil Gupta pleaded guilty to a plot to kill Pannun, purportedly on orders from an Indian government employee.

The state department’s diplomatic note dated October 20 said the department was legally obliged to serve the summonses and that it was not taking a position on the case, The Hindu reported.

The note was served through the Indian embassy in Washington, DC.