India Urges U.S. to Label Sikh Separatist Group SFJ as Terrorist Organization

India has asked the United States to designate a Sikh separatist group as a terrorist organization, according to an Indian government source on Tuesday. This request follows more than a year after the U.S. revealed it had disrupted a plot linked to India to assassinate a leader of the group on U.S. soil.

In November 2023, the U.S. disclosed the plot and later charged a former Indian intelligence officer for orchestrating an attack on Gurpatwant Singh Pannun, a U.S.-Canada dual citizen and legal adviser to Sikhs for Justice (SFJ). This event strained the growing diplomatic relationship between India and the U.S. India denied any official involvement in the plot…read more