Sri Lanka, May 5 -- A recent report in the U.S.-national daily, the Washington Post, alleges that a plot to kill Khalistani activist Gurpatwant Singh Pannun, wanted on terror charges in India, was ordered by the previous chief of the Indian Research and Analysis Wing (R&AW), with official sanction from senior intelligence officials tied to Prime Minister Narendra Modi's inner circle. Vikram Yadav, an R&AW official, allegedly directed Indian businessman Nikhil Gupta, now in custody in the Czech Republic pending extradition to the U.S., to hire a hitman to kill Pannun outside his New York residence. In response to these allegations, the Ministry of External Affairs spokesperson stated that a "high-level committee is looking into information...