NEW DELHI, Nov 23 (Reuters) – Gurpatwant Singh Pannun, the target of a foiled murder plot in the United States, is an immigration attorney charged with terrorism in India for advocating separatism and holding referendums overseas to carve out an independent Sikh state.
U.S. authorities have thwarted an attempt to kill him and have issued a warning to India over concerns that New Delhi was involved, prompting Indian officials to express “surprise and concern” in response, U.S. officials said on Wednesday.
This is the second diplomatic incident that has thrust New Delhi in the global spotlight after Canada accused it of being linked to the killing of a Sikh separatist in Vancouver in June.
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Pannun is best known for his video messages shared on social media, often described as threatening towards Indian leaders and the government, mostly pictured in dark formalwear and white-bearded.
He says he was a senior systems analyst at finance firm Merrill Lynch while attending law college in New York from 1997 to 2002, after a master’s in business administration.
Most recently, India’s anti-terror agency filed a case against him on charges related to terrorism and…
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