Lawsuit filed against Modi in US

The civil complaint has been filed under the Torture Victim Protection Act of 1991, a federal statute that allows civil suits on US soil against foreign officials. The Indian mission is working to find out the implications of the federal lawsuit.

Houston: With separatist Sikh groups and Pakistanis planning to hold protests in Houston, two US-based Kashmiri activists have filed a federal lawsuit accusing Prime Minister Narendra Modi of rights violations in Kashmir.

The Indian mission is working to find out the implications of the federal lawsuit.

According to a report in the Houston Chronicle, the 73-page lawsuit filed jointly by two US-based Kashmiri activists and the Khalistan Referendum Front allege PM Modi, Union Home Minister Amit Shah, and Commander of Indian Army's Srinagar-based 15 Corps, Lt. Gen Kanwal Jeet Singh Dhillon of carrying out extrajudicial killings and inflicted 'cruel, inhuman, degrading treatment or punishment' upon Kashmiris.

The New York-based attorney of the Khalistan Referendum Front said that he planned to submit the case as a class action.

Human rights protesters are expected to converge in large numbers outside the Houston's NRG Stadium to hold a counter-event to the 'Howdy Modi' gathering that will see 50,000 members of the Indian diaspora in attendance on Sunday.

US President Donald Trump is also participating in the event, underlining the importance of India-US relations.

The Pakistani elements have made extensive arrangements to pick up people from outside mosques in Houston for the anti-Modi protest.