India Rejects Sikh Plot Report, Slams Canada Over Separatists

India dismissed a Washington Post report alleging senior members of the country’s intelligence agency approved a plot to kill a US-based Sikh activist, while on the same day raising concerns about separatists sentiments made at a Sikh event in Canada.

The newspaper “makes unwarranted and unsubstantiated imputations of a serious matter,” Randhir Jaiswal, a spokesman for the Ministry of External Affairs, said in a statement Tuesday. A high level committee set up by the government is investigating the matter and the “speculative and irresponsible” comments aren’t helpful, he said.