US panel seeks sanctions against RAW for alleged targeting of Khalistan separatists

The United States States States Commission on International Religious Freedom on Tuesday recommended the imposition of sanctions against India’s foreign intelligence agency Research and Analysis Wing for its alleged involvement in plots to assassinate pro-Khalistan separatists.

Khalistan is a proposed independent nation for Sikhs.

The panel, which an independent American government agency that monitors the universal right to freedom of religion and makes policy suggestions, also recommended that US President Donald Trump’s administration impose targeted sanctions on individuals such as Vikash Yadav, a former Research and Analysis Wing officer.

The US has charged Yadav with murder-for-hire and money laundering in connection with an alleged plot to kill Khalistan separatist Gurpatwant Singh Pannun in New York.