US charges ex-Indian officer with plotting NYC assassination of Sikh separatist.

The U.S. Justice Department has charged Vikash Yadav, a former Indian intelligence officer, with orchestrating a failed assassination plot against Sikh separatist Gurpatwant Singh Pannun in New York City. Yadav, who remains in India, faces charges of murder-for-hire and money laundering, making him the first Indian official implicated in such a plot on U.S. soil. The case highlights growing tensions between the U.S. and India over alleged extraterritorial actions.

October 17, 2024
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