US Charges Indian Official Vikash Yadav Over Foiled Plot to Kill Sikh Activist Gurpatwant Singh Pannun in New York

Oct 17, 2024, 11:59 PM

The US Justice Department has charged Vikash Yadav, a 39-year-old employee of the Cabinet Secretariat of the Government of India, with orchestrating a foiled plot to assassinate Sikh separatist leader and US citizen Gurpatwant Singh Pannun in New York City. Yadav faces charges of conspiracy to commit murder-for-hire and money laundering. According to federal prosecutors, he directed the assassination plot from India, enlisting co-conspirators to carry out the killing. Another individual involved in the plot, Nikhil Gupta, has previously been extradited to the United States. The FBI has warned against retaliation aimed at US residents. Yadav remains at large.