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- The US State Department had earlier sent these summons to the Indian officials through the Indian Embassy in Washington, but the Indian gove.
- US citizen and pioneer of a separate Sikh state, Guru Patwant Singh Panon, filed a civil suit in September 2024 in which he alleged that the.
- On October 20, the US State Department informed the New York court that it had sent the documents of the civil law suit against the Indian g.
The US State Department had earlier sent these summons to the Indian officials through the Indian Embassy in Washington, but the Indian government had rejected them as 'fictitious and meaningless'.
US citizen and pioneer of a separate Sikh state, Guru Patwant Singh Panon, filed a civil suit in September 2024 in which he alleged that the government of India, Ajit Doval, former RAW officer Vikash Yadav, Nikhil Gupta and some unidentified persons had conspired to kill him at his home in New York in retaliation for his movement for an independent Sikh state.
On October 20, the US State Department informed the New York court that it had sent the documents of the civil law suit against the Indian government and the summons along with a diplomatic note to the Indian embassy in Washington on October 9.
The US State Department had also clarified that sending the subpoena documents to the Indian Embassy in Washington was a regulatory process and did not reflect any position on the relevant law suit.
The diplomatic note sent to the Indian Embassy requested that the US court summons and complaint be forwarded to the relevant authorities in India. In it, the government has been requested that the parties to the suit should file their reply within 60 days of the issuance of the summons, otherwise there may be a risk that the court may pass its judgment without hearing their representation or arguments.
