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Matthew Miller, spokesperson for the United States Department of State, on Tuesday, said his country was taking 'very seriously' the matter concerning allegations of the involvement of an Indian official in a plot to assassinate Khalistani terrorist Gurpatwant Singh Pannun on American soil.

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00:00 The United States said that it will wait to see the results of India's investigations

00:04 into its allegations that an Indian individual was involved in the foiled murder attempt

00:09 on a Khalistani separatist on US soil.

00:11 While the US has not named the separatist, it is believed to be Gurpatwan Singh Pannu.

00:17 Matthew Miller, spokesperson for the United States Department of State on Tuesday, said

00:21 his country was taking "very seriously" the matter concerning allegations of the involvement

00:25 of an Indian official in a plot to assassinate Khalistani terrorist Gurpatwan Singh Pannu

00:30 on American soil.

00:34 State Department spokesperson Matthew Miller in a briefing told reporters, "I won't

00:37 comment on the underlying substance because it is an ongoing law enforcement matter and

00:41 it would be inappropriate for me to do so when the DOJ is presenting a case in court.

00:45 I also made clear that we have noted at the most senior levels of this government, the

00:49 Secretary of State has raised this directly with his foreign counterpart, that we take

00:53 this issue very seriously.

00:54 They told us they would conduct an investigation.

00:56 They have publicly announced an investigation and now we'll wait to see the results of

01:00 the investigation.

01:01 It is something we take very seriously."

01:03 The statement comes after the Department of Justice linked an Indian official to a man

01:06 charged with conspiring to kill Pannu.

01:09 Miller also commented on a question on the Canadian investigation into the murder of

01:13 another Khalistani terrorist, Hardeep Singh Nachar.

01:15 According to the US government, a 52-year-old Indian national, Nikhil Gupta, worked together

01:20 with an Indian government employee codenamed CC-1 to assassinate a political activist with

01:24 US citizenship residing in New York City.

01:27 The Justice Department said that CC-1 is an Indian government agency employee who has

01:31 described himself as a senior field officer with responsibilities in security management

01:35 and intelligence.

01:36 He had previously served in the Central Reserve Police Force, it said.

01:39 US Secretary of State Antony Blinken appreciated India's announcement to launch a probe into

01:42 the matter, stating, "The government announced today that it was conducting an investigation

01:46 and that's good and appropriate and we look forward to seeing the result."

01:50 Miller said that the US has also urged India to cooperate with Canada that has levelled

01:54 similar allegations.

01:55 Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said that Indian agents were involved in the killing

01:59 of Khalistani separatist Hardeep Singh Nachar, a claim India dismissed as "absurd" and

02:03 "motivating."

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