ISLAMABAD – On the complaint by Sikhs For Justice, a New York court issuedsummons against Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi for killing Sikhs amidfarmer’s protests in the South Asian country.
Reports quoting sources said in a civil lawsuit filed before a southerndistrict court in New York by a US-based human rights group led by Sikhleaders alleged that the Modi-led administration is involved in a number ofSikh killing incidents besides involving in the suppression of minoritiesin the second-largest democracy in the world.
The Sikhs for Justice has made the Indian Prime Minister a respondent inthe case while Magistrate Catherine Parker has been appointed as anin-charge judge for case hearing.
Sources claimed that the recent development has panicked Indian diplomatsas Modi landed in the US where he will address the UNGA session besidesmeeting with US President Joe Biden.
Sikhs members have been protesting against the Indian incumbent authoritiesin wake of anti farmers’ policies. The ongoing protest against three farmacts that were passed in India last year is the bone of contention betweenthe government and the agitating farmers who want the revocation.
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Meanwhile, the Khalistan group Sikhs for Justice has also pledged to givetough times to Modi in America as they planned to protest outside the WhiteHouse during his visit.
This is not the first civil case against Indian PM Modi as a New Yorkcourt, in the year 2014, issued summons against him for his role in theGujarat riots. The petitioner sued him for crimes against humanity,extrajudicial killings, and trauma suffered by their families during thecommunal riots in the western Indian state of Gujarat.
