The investigation into the alleged plot to assassinate U.S.-based pro-Khalistan advocate Gurpatwant Singh Pannun is part of India’s national security interests, External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar said on Monday.
Mr. Jaishankar was speaking at a press conference at the BJP headquarters in New Delhi. Earlier, U.S. Ambassador to India Eric Garcetti, in an interview to news agency ANI, had described the alleged plot as an “unacceptable red line”.
“It is something we are investigating as we believe our own national security interests are involved in that investigation,” Mr. Jaishankar said in response to a question about Mr. Garcetti’s comment on the involvement of an Indian official in the alleged assassination plot.
