Washington, The United States had foiled a plot to kill Khalistani leader Gurpatwant Singh Pannun on American soil, a British daily newspaper the Financial Times reported on Wednesday, quoting unnamed officials.

According to Kashmir Media Service, the newspaper also reported that the US government had “issued a warning” to India over concerns that New Delhi was “involved in the plot” to eliminate Pannun.

An American and Canadian citizen, Gurpatwant Singh Pannun, is a leader of the US-based Sikhs for Justice.

The Financial Times report comes weeks after Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau went public with allegations that agents linked to the Indian government were involved in the killing of Hardeep Singh Nijjar in Canada. Nijjar, also a Khalistan advocate like Pannun, was killed in a shooting in Canada’s Surrey in June this year.

Trudeau’s allegations sparked a diplomatic row that has led to an ongoing dip in ties between the two countries.

The Financial Times quoted Pannun as declining to say whether the US authorities had warned him about the alleged plot, saying he would “let the US government respond to the issue of threats to my life on American soil from Indian operatives”.

The report over the alleged plot to kill Pannun on American soil comes two days after the National Investigation Agency (NIA) registered a case against Khalistani leader Gurpatwant Singh Pannun over Air India threat video. KMS-11K