Pannun Murder Bid Latest News: In the statement given along with the indictment filed by the US Justice Department against the main accused Vikas Yadav in connection with the conspiracy to murder pro-Khalistan extremist Gurpatwant Singh Pannu, it has also been said that Washington will give example of this episode to other countries, especially China. And giving a big message to Russia.
In fact, China and Russia have also been accused of taking action against selected people on foreign soil, calling them anti-national. The statement said today’s charges are a serious example of an increase in deadly conspiracies and other forms of violent international repression targeting migrant communities in the United States. Governments around the world that are considering this type of criminal activity and the communities they would target should have no doubt that the U.S. Department of Justice will stand firm in disrupting and exposing these conspiracies . We are committed to holding wrongdoers accountable, no matter who they are or where they live.
The shooter turned out to be an undercover agent of DEA.
According to the charge sheet, in or around May 2023, Vikas Yadav roped in Nikhil Gupta, an Indian national allegedly involved in international drug and arms trafficking, to conspire to murder Pannu. On Yadav’s instructions, Gupta contacted a man whom Gupta believed was a criminal associate, but was actually a confidential source (CS) who was planning to murder the victim in New York City. Was working with the US Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) to help contract a hitman.
The murder was planned after PM Modi’s visit to America
The CS then introduced Gupta to an alleged hitman, who was actually a DEA undercover officer. The indictment states that Nikhil Gupta sent the undercover agent to the Prime Minister. Narendra Modi Was instructed not to kill during the official state visit of America, which was scheduled to start on June 20, 2023. Gupta was arrested in Prague earlier this year and extradited to the US.
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