A federal jury in New York found 47-year-old Asif Merchant guilty of murder for hire and attempting to carry out an act of terrorism across international borders after a week-long trial in Brooklyn.

A 25-year-old man and a 31-year-old woman were arrested on Wednesday and are due to appear in the ACT Magistrates Court.

It is only the third time such a charge has been laid in Australia since the introduction of foreign interference laws in 2018, and the first case involving alleged interference in a community group.

The report particularly focuses on pro-Khalistani leaders ability to influence Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's government, citing their push to amend a 2018 terrorism report linked to the 1985 Air India bombing..

Some women were pacifists, such as SOE radio operator Noor Inayat Khan who came from Indian Muslim royalty, and would be shot in Dachau concentration camp.