The fact that Nikhil Gupta's alleged handlers in India told him they had the ‘go-ahead’ to murder Pannun as early as June 21, the date of Modi's arrival in the US, borders on political insanity.
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    The alleged plot to murder a United States citizen, Gurpatwant Singh Pannun, on US soil is a much more serious matter than India’s government and some commentators have claimed.

    Prime Minister Narendra Modi had been accorded a state visit – the highest honour that the Americans can confer on a foreign leader.

    On June 19, Nikhil Gupta – the alleged organiser of the murder – told the person he thought was a hit man (who was actually a US government agent operating under cover) that in light of the killing the previous day of a Sikh secessionist in Canada, there was “now no need to wait” to assassinate Pannun in New York.

    Also read | ‘Nick’, a Money Courier and a Hitman: What New Documents Say About The Pannun Murder Plot On June 22, the day of the prime minister’s address to Congress and the state dinner, Gupta’s alleged contact in New Delhi told him that he had received a message from the “boss”, and that if the hit man could confim that the victim was at home, “it will be a go ahead from us”.

    Given the extremely over-centralised nature of the Modi government, it seems unlikely that this murder plot could have been planned without the knowledge of individuals very close to the prime minister.

    Given the supposed importance to New Delhi of US-Indian relations, it is remarkable that a murder of an American citizen on US soil could have been contemplated at all – and that, as the indictment alleges with supporting evidence, other victims could also have been intended.

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