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Indian Panel Recommends Action Against Ex-Spy ‘CC1’ In US Murder Plot Case

January 15, 2025 admin

New Delhi: A committee set up by the Union government has recommended that legal action be taken against a former Indian intelligence officer, identified as ‘CC-1’ in an indictment filed in New York City, for allegedly orchestrating a foiled plot to assassinate Khalistani terrorist Gurupatwant Singh Pannun, who is a dual US-Canadian citizen. The enquiry…

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Vikas Yadav Ex Indian Spy Vikash Yadav Wanted By FBI For Alleged Gurpatwant Singh Pannun Murder Plot Was Arrested For Delhi Kidnapping Last Year

October 19, 2024 admin

Vikas Yadav is on FBI’s wanted list. (Representational) New Delhi: Vikas Yadav, a former Indian government employee on the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s wanted list, was arrested ten months ago by the Delhi Police on charges of attempted murder and kidnapping. The former officer of the Research and Analysis Wing (R&AW) has been charged by…

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Ex-Spy, ‘Drug Smuggler’, Plot To Kill Khalistani Terrorist

October 18, 2024 admin

New Delhi: The United States this week named Vikash Yadav, a former Indian intelligence officer once associated with the Research and Analysis Wing, or R&AW – as the shadowy central figure in a failed plot to kill Gurpatwant Pannun, a Khalistani terrorist and founder of the banned Sikhs For Justice. Pannun is a resident of…

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Looking forward to the results of India’s inquiry into Pannun case, says U.S.

June 27, 2024 admin

State Department spokesperson Matthew Miller. | Photo Credit: AP The U.S. has said it is looking forward to the results of the Indian inquiry into the allegations that an Indian official was involved in an alleged plot to assassinate Sikh separatist leader Gurpatwant Singh Pannun on American soil. In November last year, U.S. federal prosecutors…

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India On US Murder-For-Hire Plot Case

June 21, 2024 admin

Nikhil Gupta was extradited to the US on June 14. New Delhi: The government today said it has not received any consular access request from Nikhil Gupta, an Indian accused of being involved in a murder-for-hire plot against a Khalistani terrorist on American soil. “We are in touch with his family,” it added. The 53-year-old…

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Indian Charged In Khalistani Terrorist Case Pleads Not Guilty In US Court

June 18, 2024 admin

Federal prosecutors allege that Nikhil Gupta hired a hitman to kill Gurpatwant Singh Pannun. Washington: Indian national Nikhil Gupta, 53, accused of being involved in a murder-for-hire plot against a Khalistani terrorist on American soil, will now face justice in a US courtroom, Attorney General Merrick Garland has said, asserting that the country will not…

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Nikhil Gupta, Indian Accused In Murder Plot Extradited To US From Czech Republic: Report

June 16, 2024 admin

Federal prosecutors allege that Nikhil Gupta hired a hitman to kill Gurpatwant Singh Pannun. Washington: Indian national Nikhil Gupta, who is accused of being involved in murder-for-hire plot against a Sikh separatist, has been extradited from Czech Republic, media reports said Sunday. Gupta, 52, was arrested in the Czech Republic last year at the request…

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Indian Man Charged For Terrorist Pannun’s Murder Plot Brought To US: Report

June 16, 2024 admin

Federal prosecutors allege that Nikhil Gupta hired a hitman to kill Gurpatwant Singh Pannun. Washington: Indian national Nikhil Gupta, who is accused of being involved in murder-for-hire plot against a Khalistan terrorist, has been extradited from Czech Republic, media reports said Sunday. Gupta, 52, was arrested in the Czech Republic last year at the request…

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Pannun assassination plot: Indian national Nikhil Gupta’s petition against U.S. extradition rejected by Czech Constitutional Court

May 23, 2024 admin

Sikh separatist leader Gurpatwant Singh Pannun. | Photo Credit: AP The Czech Constitutional Court has rejected a petition by Indian national Nikhil Gupta, detained in a prison in Prague, against his extradition to the U.S. to face murder-for-hire charges in an alleged assassination attempt on a Khalistani extremist on American soil. Gupta, 52, was charged…

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India Dismisses China’s Remarks On Khalistan Terrorist Gurpatwant Singh Pannun

March 28, 2024 admin

An Indian has been charged by the US Justice Department for Pannun’s murder-for-hire. New Delhi: Hitting back at China over its comments on the investigation into the alleged foiled assassination plot against Khalistani terrorist Gurpatwant Singh Pannun, the Ministry of External Affairs said that India and the United States are capable of dealing with any…

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