India forms panel to examine allegations of foiled plot to kill Khalistan supporter in US

India on Wednesday said that it has constituted a high-level inquiry committee to examine inputs from the United States about an alleged foiled plot to assassinate Khalistan supporter Gurpatwant Singh Pannun on American soil.

The thwarted assassination plot was first reported by the Financial Times, which said that US authorities had issued a warning to India about concerns that the Modi government was involved in the conspiracy. Indian officials had expressed “surprise and concern” in response to the allegations, according to the White House.

Ministry of External Affairs spokesperson Arindam Bagchi on Wednesday reiterated his earlier statement that India takes security inputs shared by the US seriously “since it impinges on our own national security interests as well”. The information pertained to the “nexus between organized criminals, gun runners, terrorists and others”.