WASHINGTON, Apr 30: The White House said on Monday it viewed the reported role of the Indian intelligence service in two assassination plots in Canada and the United States as a serious matter.
The Washington Post reported that an officer in Indias intelligence service was directly involved in a foiled plan to assassinate a US citizen who is one of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modis most vocal critics in the United States. It said the officer was also involved in the separate shooting death of a Sikh activist last June in Canada.
Indias foreign ministry said the Washington Post report made "unwarranted and unsubstantiated imputations on a serious matter" while New Delhi is investigating the issue.
"Speculative and irresponsible comments on it are not helpful," foreign ministry spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said in a statement. "This is a serious matter, and we
e taking that very, very seriously," White House spokesperson Karine Jean-Pierre told reporters. "We
e going to continue to raise our concerns."
In November, US authorities said an Indian government official had directed the plot in the attempted murder of Gurpatwant Singh Pannun, a Sikh separatist and dual citizen of the United States and Canada. —REUTERS
