The real crime.

"Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived in the United States on Saturday (yesterday) for a three-day visit, starting with the Quad Leaders' Summit hosted by outgoing US President Joe Biden in Wilmington, Delaware." HT. "The Quadrilateral Security Dialogue (QSD), commonly known as the Quad, is a strategic security dialogue between Australia, India, Japan and the United States that is maintained by talks between member countries." wikipedia. The Quad was set up to contain Chinese aggression in the Indo-Pacific. Interestingly, "Australia has expelled an unspecified number of Indian spies who were caught trying to 'steal secrets' about sensitive defence projects and airport security, and classified information on trade relationships, the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) reported." "A so-called 'nest of spies'...was also accused of monitoring Indians living in Australia." HT. This is what China does and what the Quad is supposed to resist. "Between 2016 and 2022, four local Chinese public security bureaus reportedly established 102 overseas stations in 53 countries across North and South America, Europe, Africa and Asia." These are "part of China's broader efforts to influence and control the Chinese diaspora." brookings.edu. Fortunately, Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has promised to discuss the issue of Indian spying privately. ET. Unfortunately, the US very publicly extradited Indian national Nikhil Gupta, who is accused of trying to murder a Sikh separatist citizen of the US. justice.gov. As a result of these accusations, "Seeking damages for alleged assassination attempt, Gurpatwant Singh Pannun and general counsel of pro-Khalistan Sikhs for Justice filed a lawsuit in a US federal district court against the Indian government and National Security Adviser (NSA) Ajit Doval." ET. Following which, "the District Court for the Southern District of New York issued a summons to the Indian government, NDTV reported. The summons demands a response from the Indian government within 21 days." Mint. Perhaps Mr Modi will remember how his majority government was forced to eat humble pie in 2021 when, "A French court has ordered a freeze on residential properties owned by the Indian government in central Paris, in what is seen as a setback for the Centre in its tax dispute with the London-listed Cairn Energy Plc." TOI. Aside from the Quad, "Swiss authorities have frozen more than $310 million in funds across multiple Swiss bank accounts as part of an investigation into allegations of money laundering and securities forgery linked to the Adani Group, alleged Hindenburg Group citing newly released Swiss criminal court records." ET. In January, the Supreme Court accepted the Securities and Exchange Board of India's (SEBI) clean chit to the Adani Group. NDTV. Mr Modi is known to be close to Mr Adani. "This is not an Adani issue, this is a MODANI issue," said Congress MP Jairam Ramesh. In response, Hindenburg has accused SEBI chief Madhabi Puri Buch of investments in Adani Group's shell companies which, it alleges, were involved in manipulation of share prices. BT. If Swiss courts implicate SEBI that will be two cases against the government. Lawyers are expensive. We hope that we, the hapless Indian taxpayers, will not have to foot the costs. Spying is not a crime. Getting caught is.