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India to Investigate New York Assassination Plot Against U.S. Citizen

Oct 15, 2024, 01:34 AM

India has informed the United States that they are continuing their efforts to investigate other linkages of a former government employee implicated in an assassination plot against a U.S. citizen in New York. The U.S. State Department announced that an Indian investigation team would travel to Washington DC on October 15 to further investigate this plot. The individual, identified as 'CC1' in a U.S. Department of Justice indictment, has been arrested by Indian authorities. This investigation is part of a broader effort by an Indian Enquiry Committee to investigate activities of certain organized criminals.