Quotes
This is not going to deter me from running my global Khalistan referendum campaign,
Pannun told DW's Washington correspondent Ines Pohl in an interview In or about June 2023, in furtherance of the assassination plot, Yadav provided Gupta with personal information about the victim, including the victim’s home address in New York City, phone numbers associated with the victim, and details about the victim’s day-to-day conduct,
Today’s charges are a grave example of the increase in lethal plotting and other forms of violent transnational repression targeting diaspora communities in the United States,
Assistant Attorney General Matthew G. Olsen of the Justice Department’s National Security Division said in the news release Canada has presented us no evidence whatsoever in support of the serious allegations that it has chosen to level against India and Indian diplomats,
India’s foreign ministry said in a statement Thursday Obviously, they have not chosen that path,
Miller, the spokesperson, told reporters Tuesday Yadav has described his position as a ‘senior field officer’ with responsibilities in ‘security management’ and ‘intelligence’. Yadav also has previously served in India’s Central Reserve Police Force and received ‘officer training’ in ‘battle craft’ and ‘weapons’. Yadav is a citizen and resident of India, and he directed the plot to assassinate the victim from India,
According to the indictment ... it said India believes in using bullets while pro-Khalistan Sikhs believe in ballots.”
Pannun further emphasized the contrast between the tactics of his pro-Khalistan movement and the actions of the Indian government, stating As alleged in the second superseding indictment and other public court documents, in 2023, Yadav, working together with others, including Gupta, in India, and elsewhere, directed a plot to assassinate on US soil an attorney and political activist who is a US citizen of Indian origin residing in New York City (the victim),
the US justice department said in a statement On or about June 19, 2023, the day after the Nijjar murder, Gupta told [an undercover officer] that Nijjar ‘was also the target’ and ‘we have so many targets.’ Gupta added that, in light of Nijjar’s murder, there was ‘now no need to wait’ on killing the victim,
We have taken these inputs very seriously and we have remained engaged with the US on this particular matter,
They did inform us that the individual who was named in the Justice Department indictment is no longer an employee of the Indian government,
State Department spokesman Matthew Miller said Yadav, an employee of the Indian government, used his position of authority and access to confidential information to direct the attempted assassination of an outspoken critic of the Indian government here on US soil,
Anne Milgram, the DEA chief, said in a statement Some of them are charged with terror and terror-related crimes (in India). So far, no action has been taken by the Canadian side on our requests. This is very serious,
It is strange that people who we asked to be deported" are being blamed by the Canadians for "committing crimes in Canada,
How India defines extremism or even terrorism does not always compute in our legal system,
Recent revelations and developments are impacting Canada and India's ability to collaborate on this issue,
he wrote on the platform X ... He said I have yet to hear any politician or government official offer reassurance to Hindu-Canadians, many of whom feel concerned and fearful for their safety in light of recent events,
The defendant, an Indian government employee, allegedly conspired with a criminal associate and attempted to assassinate a US citizen on American soil for exercising their First Amendment rights,
said FBI Director Christopher Wray Today’s charges demonstrate that the Justice Department will not tolerate attempts to target and endanger Americans and to undermine the rights to which every US citizen is entitled,
US Attorney General Merrick B. Garland said The meeting that occurred yesterday – we updated – we being the US government broadly – updated members of the Committee of Inquiry about the investigation that the United States has been conducting. We’ve received an update from them on the investigation that they have been conducting. It was a productive meeting, and I will leave it at that,