The body of 22-year-old Saketh Sreenivasaiah, a UC Berkeley master’s student from Karnataka, was found in California after a six-day search. The Indian Consulate is coordinating with local authorities to repatriate his remains while police investigate the cause of death.
FBI arrested 18-year-old Christian Sturdivant from Mint Hill, NC, on New Year's Eve for plotting an ISIS-inspired knife and hammer attack on a grocery store and fast-food restaurant. Handwritten notes detailed stabbing 20 people; he faces 20 years in prison. Multi-agency effort saved lives.
The events titled “The Weaponization of Hinduism in Northern Carolina and India and the Relationships to Global Religious Nationalisms” are being co-organised by the Islamist group IAMC. The additional sponsorship for these anti-Hindu events comes from the White Christian Nationalisms Task Force of the California-Nevada Conference of the United Methodist Church.
Given that the Indian government has been a vocal opponent of Khalistani activities abroad, it could be labelled as a foreign government (under the proposed California State law) employing ‘transnational repression.’