It sounds like it’s straight out of a spy thriller, but US officials say they have foiled a plot to assassinate an American citizen who’s campaigning for a Sikh separatist state. Indian national Nikhil Gupta has been accused of trying to hire a hitman for $100,000 to kill Sikh leader Gurpatwant Singh Pannun. But the first plot twist is that the hitman was actually an undercover agent. The second twist is the FBI was actually onto this because they’d been watching out for Pannun, a dual US-Canadian citizen, after similar assassination claims in Canada that caused an international uproar. Sikhs are a religious minority that makes up about 2% of India’s population, and those who call for a separate homeland are considered by the Indian Government to be terrorists.