Bharat Rejects Recent Report in Washington Post on Alleged Assassination Plot of Khalistani Terrorist Gurpatwant Singh Pannun

New Delhi. Bharat has rejected the recent report in The Washington Post on alleged assassination plot of Khalistani terrorist Gurpatwant Singh Pannun. Responding to media queries on the story in the US daily, Ministry spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said, it makes unwarranted and unsubstantiated imputations on a serious matter.

He said, there is an ongoing investigation of the High-Level Committee set up by Government of Bharat to look into the security concerns shared by the US government on networks of organised criminals, terrorists and others. He added that speculative and irresponsible comments on it are not helpful.

The report claimed that RAW member Vikram Yadav purportedly directed a contracted hit squad to assassinate Gurpatwant Singh Pannun, a separatist based in the United States.

The report suggested that US intelligence agencies have concluded that the mission aimed at Pannun received approval from then-chief of RAW Samant Goel. It further notes that Yadav was reassigned to the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) after the failed Pannun operation came to light last year.