In a bombshell announcement, U.S. prosecutors unsealed an indictment alleging an Indian government employee was behind a “murder-for-hire” plot targeting a Sikh separatist (and U.S. national) in New York City. The accusation follows the Canadian prime minister’s high-profile allegation that India’s government was involved in the June murder of a Sikh leader in Canada.
Veteran journalist Siddharthya Roy, who focuses on security and terrorism issues in South Asia, discusses the allegations of India’s extraterritorial assassination program, the extreme difficulties of attribution, and why the latest indictment is an “absolute game changer.”