New York/London: In the latest development in the Indian government’s attempt to assassinate Khalistan referendum activist and lawyer Gurpatwant Singh Pannun in New York, Indian national Nikhil Gupta, who tried to hire the US secret agent, has received a summons in a civil suit.
Under the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, Gupta has 21 days from the date of service to respond to the complaint in the civil case.
“We are thrilled to start the hour with Gupta,” said Bannon’s attorney Matthew Borden of BraunHagey and Borden, LLP. “It is only a matter of time before the truth comes out and justice is done.”
Gupta, the arms dealer deployed by India’s Research and Analysis Wing (RAW) to carry out the assassination, died while in custody at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn (New York), where he awaits trial in the ongoing criminal case.
In the civil case filed by Bannon in the Southern District of New York, victim of a “murder-for-hire” plot in India, Gupta was the co-accused while the prime defendants included the government of India, Modi’s national security advisor Ajit Doval, and RAW’s advisor. Then Chief Samant Goel, and Vikram Yadav, a RAW officer who has since been criminally charged and declared wanted by the CBI in the ongoing criminal case.
According to the civil complaint, the Modi government’s plot was part of a broader effort by India to kill prominent Sikh activists who advocate for the right to self-determination for Sikh people in the Indian Punjab region, criticize the persecution of religious minorities, and condemn human rights. Abuses committed by the Modi regime in India.