US accuses Indian agent of directing plot to assassinate American citizen
by Stephanie Kirchgaessner in Washington, Hannah Elli from US news | The Guardian on (#6GRFK)
Indictment released by DoJ also provides new evidence unnamed agent ordered murder of activist Hardeep Singh Nijjar
US prosecutors have accused an agent of the Indian government of directing the attempted assassination of an American citizen on US soil, according to a superseding indictment released by the Department of Justice, which revealed new details about India's alleged targeting of Sikh activists around the world.
The indictment also provided new evidence that the Indian agent - who is not named - ordered the murder of Hardeep Singh Nijjar, a prominent Sikh activist who was shot dead outside a Sikh temple in British Columbia in June.
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