Online Desk: The Indian government stands accused of directly orchestrating transnational murder plots after a US judge allowed Khalistani leader Gurpatwant Singh Pannun to serve his explosive civil lawsuit on National Security Adviser Ajit Doval and former RAW chief Samant Goel through Delhi courts.
The US State Department has already delivered the federal summons to India’s Embassy in Washington on 9 October 2026 through official diplomatic channels.
New Delhi now has only 60 days left, until 8 December, to respond or face the humiliating risk of a default judgment.
If the Indian government fails to reply, the court may issue a default judgment against the officials and the state itself.
Pannun’s lawsuit claims that Doval and Goel, acting on the orders of the Modi government, planned, directed and funded a murder-for-hire plot against him in the United States and the assassination of Hardeep Singh Nijjar in Canada.
Through court discovery, Pannun aims to present evidence of the Indian government’s direct role and reveal the chain of command behind these operations on foreign soil.
The case places New Delhi’s top security leadership under international scrutiny and raises serious questions about accountability for alleged extraterritorial actions.
This case rips open the Indian state’s carefully guarded secrecy and forces its top security officials into the glare of a foreign courtroom.
The Indian government can no longer hide behind denials as the allegations of state-sponsored assassination now threaten its international standing and credibility.