The United States has said it expects "accountability" from the Indian government on allegations related to the plot to assassinate Khalistani terrorist Gurpatwant Singh Pannun on American soil. The development comes after India on Tuesday rejected a report in the Washington Post, alleging that a former Indian intelligence officer plotted to assassinate Pannun.

"We'll also continue to raise our concerns directly with the Indian Government at senior levels, but beyond that, I'm not going to parse into this further and will defer to the Department of Justice," Patel said when asked about the report, which identified the (Research and Analysis Wing) RAW officer as Vikram Yadav and alleged that he was involved in the plot to assassinate Pannun.

The report claimed that Yadav, a former RAW officer, hired a hit team to target Pannun, a designated terrorist by India who resides in the United States.

In November last year, US federal prosecutors charged Indian national Nikhil Gupta with working with an Indian government employee in the foiled plot to kill Pannun.

Source: India Today