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New Delhi: A New York court ruled earlier this month that summons were not successfully served on National Security Adviser Ajit Doval in a case filed by pro-Khalistan separatist lawyer Gurpatwant Singh Pannun, as the Secret Service guarding the official guest house refused to accept them during the Indian Prime Minister’s visit to Washington in February.

On Sep 18, 2024, the US District Court for Southern District of New York issued summons to the Government of India and individually to Doval, former RAW chief Samant Goel, former RAW officer ‘Vikram Yadav’ as well as, detained Indian national Nikhil Gupta, in a civil suit filed by Pannun.

The suit was based on the indictment filed by US prosecutors against Nikhil Gupta, accusing him of attempting to hire a hitman to assassinate Pannun on the instructions of then unnamed Delhi-based RAW officer. 

A month later, another indictment was unsealed in October 2024 which formally named a former RAW operative Vikash Yadav as the mastermind of the plot. In January this year, the Indian government

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