India Rejects Khalistani Separatist Pannun’s US Lawsuit Against NSA Doval as ‘Fabricated, Malicious Attack’
The State Department said it was required to deliver the papers and would not take a position on the merits of the civil case.
- On October 9, 2026, the US State Department delivered a summons and complaint regarding a civil lawsuit filed by Khalistani activist Gurpatwant Singh Pannun to the Indian Embassy in Washington.
- Pannun's 2024 lawsuit alleges that Indian officials, including National Security Adviser Ajit Doval and former Research and Analysis Wing chief Samant Goel, were involved in a 2023 plot to assassinate him in New York.
- In a related criminal case, Indian citizen Nikhil Gupta pleaded "guilty" in a New York court this past February to murder-for-hire and conspiracy charges; he was arrested in Prague in June 2023.
- The State Department clarified that transmitting the note fulfills statutory functions under the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act and does not indicate a position on the case, while India has consistently rejected government involvement.
- These accusations, alongside the 2023 assassination of Hardeep Singh Nijjar in Canada, have created diplomatic friction; New Delhi maintains that Ottawa has not shared evidence linking Indian officials to the Nijjar killing.
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India hits back after US serves summonses on NSA Doval, RAW ex-chief Goel
India has strongly rejected a civil lawsuit filed in a US court by Khalistani separatist Gurpatwant Singh Pannun against National Security Adviser Ajit Doval and former R&AW chief Samant Goel, calling the allegations "fabricated and malicious." The US State Department confirmed it delivered the summonses through diplomatic channels, clarifying that this does not indicate a US position on the merits of the case.
US State Department serves summons to Government of India in civil lawsuit by Khalistan separatist Gurpatwant Pannun
The US State Department served India with summonses in a civil lawsuit filed by Sikh separatist Gurpatwant Singh Pannun, while saying it was legally required to do so and took no position on the case. The suit concerns an alleged failed assassination plot investigated by US authorities.
US State Dept served summons to India in case brought by Pannun; lawsuit names Doval, R&AW ex-chief
Indian-designated terrorist Pannun sued Govt of India following probe by US Justice Dept into alleged plot to kill him. State Dept has served summons through a diplomatic note.
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