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Krishnadas Rajagopal

SC asks Indian named in murder-for-hire plot against Khalistani activist to approach Czech court

The Supreme Court on Friday termed allegations of an Indian national about his arrest at Prague airport in June, his solitary confinement in a Czech prison and the looming prospect of extradition in connection with charges of plotting to kill U.S.-based Khalistani activist Gurpatwant Singh Pannun an “extremely sensitive matter for the Ministry of External Affairs, or for that matter, any Ministry of the government”.

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A petition filed by a family member of the national, which came up before a Bench headed by Justice Sanjiv Khanna, has urged the Supreme Court to step in and direct the Ministries of External Affairs and Home to intervene in the extradition proceedings pending before a court in Prague, Czech Republic, and ensure that their relative gets a “fair and transparent trial”.

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