The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) on Friday, December 20, said New Delhi had taken “seriously” the latest threat issued by US-based Khalistan separatist Gurpatwant Singh Pannun against India‘s Ambassador to the US, Vinay Mohan Kwatra, and raised it with the authorities in Washington.
In a recent video, Pannun threatened that Kwatra is on the radar of pro-Khalistan Sikhs in America for allegedly coordinating with Russian authorities, who in turn were providing inputs to Indian intelligence agencies on the Khalistan network in the United States.
“As and when such threats are issued, we take them very seriously and raise them with the US government. In this particular case also, we have raised it with the US government and it is our expectation that the United States government will take our security concerns seriously and act on it,” MEA spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said during a weekly media briefing in New Delhi on Friday, December 20. A former Foreign Secretary, Kwatra took charge as India’s Ambassador to the United States in August this year, succeeding Taranjit Singh Sandhu.
His appointment came at a time when Khalistan separatists continue to target Hindu community in the country and also the Indian missions.