White House: Reported Indian intelligence role in assassination plots ‘a serious matter’

WASHINGTON: The White House on Monday said it viewed the reported role of the Indian intelligence service in two assassination plots in Canada and the United States (US) as a “serious matter”.

The Washington Post on Monday reported that an officer in India’s intelligence service was directly involved in a foiled plan to assassinate a US citizen.

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He was also one of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s most vocal critics in the United States, and the separate shooting death of a Sikh activist last June in Canada.

“This is a serious matter, and we’re taking that very, very seriously,” White House spokesperson Karine Jean-Pierre told reporters. “We’re going to continue to raise our concerns.”

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