India maintains tough diplomatic stance over Khalistani terrorist Pannun-related allegations
New Delhi, November 10: India has taken a tough stand on the US court’s summons issued in the case of Khalistani terrorist Gurpatwant Singh Pannu and the allegations leveled against Indian officials.
The External Affairs Ministry (MEA) spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal termed the allegations leveled against National Security Advisor (NSA) Ajit Doval and other officials, including former intelligence agency RAW chief Samant Goel, as fabricated and malicious. He said, “We reject the fabricated and malicious attacks on our senior officials.”
Jaiswal clarified that there is a prescribed legal route for serving any judicial document or summons in India. Such requests should only be sent through India’s authorized central authority, i.e., the Ministry of Law and Justice.
Pannu filed a civil lawsuit in a New York court against the Indian government, NSA Ajit Doval, Samant Goel, former official Vikas Yadav, and Indian citizen Nikhil Gupta. The case relates to allegations of a conspiracy to assassinate Pannu in 2023.
