Washington:
The White House National Security Council spokesperson, John Kirby, harassed on Friday that the US continues to enhance its strategic partnership with India. On the opposite aspect, he added that the US “takes this very seriously,” referring to the indictment by the US Department of Justice in opposition to an Indian in an alleged foiled assassination plot.
While talking at a press briefing, Kirby mentioned, “India remains a strategic partner, and we are going to continue to work to improve and strengthen that strategic partnership with India.”
Referring to the US Justice Department indictment of an Indian nationwide in an alleged foiled assassination plot within the US, Kirby added, “At the same time, we take this very seriously. These allegations and this investigation, we take very seriously.”
He additional mentioned that we’re glad to see that India can be taking it severely by asserting their “own efforts to investigate this.”
“We have been clear that we want to see anybody that’s responsible for these alleged crimes to be held properly accountable…,” Kirby harassed.
The US Department of Justice unsealed an indictment in opposition to an Indian nationwide for his alleged involvement in a foiled plot to assassinate a US-based chief of the Sikh Separatist Movement and a citizen in New York.
The US Justice Department has claimed that an Indian authorities worker (named CC-1), who was not recognized within the indictment filed in a federal courtroom in Manhattan, recruited an Indian nationwide named Nikhil Gupta to rent a hitman to allegedly perform the assassination of the Sikh Separatist, which was foiled by US authorities.
The US Justice Department claimed that Gupta, is an affiliate of CC-1, and has described his involvement in worldwide narcotics and weapons trafficking in his communications with CC-1. The indictment claims CC -1 directed the assassination plot from India.
Moreover, in a information briefing the MEA on Thursday mentioned {that a} case filed in opposition to a person in a US courtroom and allegedly linking him to an Indian official is a “matter of concern” and is opposite to authorities coverage.
“We cannot share any further information on such security matters. As regards the case against an individual that has been filed in a US court allegedly linking him to an Indian official, this is a matter of concern. We have said and let me reiterate that this is contrary to government policy,” MEA spokesperson Arindam Bagchi mentioned.
“The nexus between organised crime, trafficking and gun running and extremists at an international level is a serious issue for law enforcement agencies and organisations to consider and it is precisely for that reason that a high-level committee has been constituted and we will obviously be guided by its results,” he added.
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