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#CompromisedPM does it again.
Last night, a US national Matthew VanDyke accused of plotting terrorist acts was released and allowed to return to his country.
• Mar 13: A group of foreign nationals, including VanDyke, was arrested by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) on charges of conspiring to carry out terrorist activities against India.
• Mar 16: NIA court submission alleged that the accused was supporting anti-India insurgent groups. It was alleged that the accused had confessed to abetting terrorist activities.
• During US Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s visit to India (May 23-26), US Ambassador to India Sergio Gor raised the issue with Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri.
• Sep 8: UAPA charges were dropped against VanDyke, a foreign national accused of terrorism. This stands in sharp contrast to the law’s widespread misuse against Indian citizens by the Govt and where such cases are deliberately dragged on.
• Sep 24: VanDyke was released from custody and allowed to go home.
Obviously US pressure determined this outcome but what did India get in return? More fundamentally, how were these suspicious foreign individuals given visas and allowed to travel through India to Myanmar in the first place? The HM must answer this.
The PM has failed to protect India’s elections, institutions and our national security.