DoJ urged to investigate US group accused of working as Modi-backed ‘foreign agent’

Prominent Sikh gurdwara says Pennsylvania-based Hindu American Foundation has promoted interests of the BJP'

One of the largest Sikh houses of worship in the US is calling on the Trump administration to investigate a non-profit it has alleged is working as a foreign agent" on behalf of the the Indian government and prime minister Narendra Modi.

The Fremont Gurdwara Sahib, which said it draws 5,000 Sikh worshippers every week and is a fulcrum" of the Sikh community in the US and around the world, has asked the Department of Justice to launch a national security investigation into the Hindu American Foundation, to determine whether the Pennsylvania-based non-profit should be required to file as an Indian foreign agent.