In a robust rebuke on Sunday night time, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) labeled a latest media report as “fake” and “completely fabricated.” The report, launched by on-line American media outlet The Intercept, urged {that a} “secret memo” issued by India in April geared toward implementing “concrete” measures towards Sikh separatists, together with Hardeep Singh Nijjar.
MEA spokesperson Arindam Bagchi dismissed the claims, asserting that the report is a part of a “sustained disinformation campaign” towards India. Bagchi highlighted the outlet’s repute for selling “fake narratives” linked to Pakistani intelligence.
“We strongly assert that such reports are fake and completely fabricated. There is no such memo,” Bagchi emphasised. He cautioned towards amplifying such false information, emphasizing that those that achieve this compromise their very own credibility.
The Intercept’s report alleged that the Indian authorities directed a “crackdown scheme” towards Sikh entities in western nations, itemizing a number of “Sikh dissidents under investigation by India’s intelligence agencies,” together with Canadian citizen Hardeep Singh Nijjar. In September, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau hinted at a “potential” involvement of Indian brokers in Nijjar’s killing on Canadian soil, a declare vehemently rejected by India as “absurd.”
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