Indian committee probing US assassination plot plans to visit Washington, State Dept says
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Indian committee probing US assassination plot plans to visit Washington, State Dept says
(Reuters) - An Indian government committee investigating Indian involvement in a foiled murder plot against a prominent activist in the United States will meet US officials in Washington this week, the State Department said on Monday.
The United States has been pushing India to look in to the Justice Department's claim that an unnamed Indian intelligence official directed plans to assassinate dual US-Canada citizen Gurpatwant Singh Pannun, a prominent Sikh separatist, last year.
In an unusual statement on another country's investigation, the State Department said on Monday that an Indian Enquiry Committee "is actively investigating the individual" and that India had informed the US it was looking in to "other linkages of the former government employee."
"The Enquiry Committee will be traveling to Washington, DC on October 15th, as part of their ongoing investigations to discuss the case, including information they have obtained, and to receive an update from US authorities regarding the US case that is proceeding," it said.
India's embassy in Washington did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
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India has denied involvement in both incidents.
