PANNUN TOUCHES A RAW NERVE

Having brought NSA in media glare, the mess is virtually at the PM's doorstep

- V Sudarshan

It is not every day that a terrorist files a case against a law keeper seeking damages for the attempt on his life. But that's precisely what happened right ahead of PM Modi's upcoming visit to the United States.

'Khalistan terrorist' Gurpat want Singh Pannun has filed for damages in a New York court against the National Security Advisor Ajit Doval.

The court has sent summons to Doval, former R&AW chief Samant Goel who got two extensions for his good work abroad.

R&AW agent' Vikram Yadav and 'Indian businessman' Nikhil Gupta who was extradited to the US from Czechoslovakia earlier this year in connection with a similar case. The case has been filed in the United States district court in the same southern district of New York, where proceedings are afoot in a criminal case against Nikhil Gupta, with murder for hire' charges; by an uncanny coincidence, the same cast of characters are involved in the Gupta case, allegations that have complicated relations among Washington, Ottawa and New Delhi.