Indian intelligence officer accused of being the ‘mastermind’ behind murder-for-hire plot against Sikh dissident Gurpatwant Singh Pannun

The US Department of Justice has charged an Indian official with allegedly plotting the murder of a Sikh separatist in New York.

The US has charged former Indian RAW officer Vikash Yadav for allegedly plotting to assassinate a Sikh separatist in New York City. Yadav is accused of orchestrating the plot remotely and recruiting a hitman with a $15,

In charges unsealed on Thursday, prosecutors claimed Mr Yadav – who is believed to be in India – had overseen a scheme to kill Mr Pannun, providing his address in New York and his phone numbers to the would-be assassin, who was an undercover US agent.

An Indian ex-official charged by the U.S. with directing a murder-for-hire plot has dismissed the allegations, his family said, expressing shock that Vikash Yadav was wanted by the FBI. Yadav, 39, described the claims as false media reports when he spoke to his cousin,

A former Indian government official charged in the United States this week for allegedly directing a foiled murder plot had been arrested in New Delhi in December in an attempted murder case, according to court records and a police officer.