Indian government sued for attempted assassination of US citizen

The Indian government has been sued in federal court for allegedly attempting to assassinate a Sikh separatist and a US citizen lawyer on US soil in an “unprecedented” attack.

The attack, for which the Indian government has denied responsibility, has complicated U.S.-India relations as the Biden administration seeks closer ties with Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government.

A lawsuit filed Tuesday in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York alleges that senior officials in India’s spy agency worked with arms dealer Nikhil Gupta to hire hitmen to murder Gurpatwant Singh Pannun in New York. …