"Won't be satisfied until...": US' stern message to India over Pannun plot
PTC News Desk: Days after United States expressed satisfaction over India's cooperation in Gurpatwant Singh Pannun's foiled murder plot, Washington has now said that it will not be fully satisfied until there is meaningful accountability from the investigation. It further added that there was valuable engagement with India's inquiry committee regarding the row and that significant information was exchanged between the governments.
Addressing a media briefing, US principal deputy spokesperson Vedant Patel said, ""There was valuable engagement with India’s inquiry committee last week, and information was exchanged between our two governments to further our respective investigations. We understand that the Indian inquiry committee will continue its investigation, and we expect to see further steps based on last week's conversations."
"We continue to expect and want to see accountability based on the results of that investigation, and certainly the United States won't be fully satisfied until there is meaningful accountability resulting from that investigation. Beyond that, I'm just not going to address this in further detail given that this is an issue that is active and remains under investigation and ongoing under both of our countries," he further added.
US State department also noted that Indian inquiry committee visited United States last week to probe the involvement of Indian officials in foiled murder plot of Gurpatwant Singh Pannun.
- With inputs from agencies
