Centre recommends legal action against individual accused of murder plot by US

A high-powered enquiry committee, set up by the Union government to investigate inputs from the United States about an alleged foiled plot to kill Sikh separatist Gurpatwant Singh Pannun, has recommended “legal action against an individual”, the Ministry of Home Affairs stated on Wednesday.

“After a long enquiry, the committee has submitted its report to the Government and recommended legal action against an individual, whose earlier criminal links and antecedents also came to notice during the enquiry,” read the ministry’s statement.

It added: “The Enquiry Committee has recommended that the legal action must be completed expeditiously.”