India, Feb. 14 -- Gurpatwant Singh Pannun, an American citizen and Khalistani separatist who is designated a terrorist by India, has been described by the US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) as "a target of transnational repression". The FBI said this as it posted on X about an Indian national, Nikhil Gupta, having pleaded guilty of an assassination plot against Pannun.

"Nikhil Gupta was a key participant in a murder-for-hire plot against a U.S. citizen, a murder that was prevented thanks to the actions of U.S. law enforcement," the FBI said, referring apparently to Pannun.

"The U.S. citizen became a target of transnational repression solely for exercising their freedom of speech," it further claimed.

"The message from the FBI sho...