Vikash Yadav in an image taken from his U.S. Justice Department indictment.Photo by U.S. Attorney's Office

U.S. charges against Indian government employee for assassination plot shows ties to Nijjar slaying

According to the indictment, Vikash Yadav recruited a man to 'orchestrate' the assassination of a Sikh activist in New York City

by · National Post

OTTAWA — A newly unsealed indictment into charges filed by the U.S. Justice Department against a government of India employee for allegedly planning to assassinate a Sikh activist in New York City reveals multiple ties between the foiled plot and the murder of Hardeep Singh Nijjar in British Columbia.

On Thursday, the department announced charges against 39-year-old Vikash Yadav, who remains at large. It comes just days after the RCMP warned that government of India officials continued to be connected to violent crimes in Canada, leading Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s government to expel six diplomats.

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