WASHINGTON: An Indian intelligence official has been indicted for his role in a foiled plot to kill a Sikh separatist leader in the United States, the Justice Department said on Thursday (Oct 17). Vikash Yadav, 39, who remains at large, is charged with conspiracy to commit murder-for-hire and money la

An Indian government employee is accused of plotting the murder-for-hire of a Sikh separatist leader in New York City, the Justice Department said.

(Bloomberg) — US prosecutors accused an Indian government employee of directing a foiled plot to assassinate a Sikh separatist with US citizenship in New York, in a case that has disrupted US-India relations and mirrors a 2023 killing in Canada.

The damaging indictment alleges that ex-RWA official along with his co-conspirator Nikhil Gupta plotted to kill the Sikh separatist leader in the summer of 2023.

The United States and Canada have worked together to investigate what they say is the Indian government’s campaign against Sikh separatists.

The U.S. Justice Department announced criminal charges against an Indian government employee Thursday in connection with a foiled plot to kill a Sikh separatist leader living in New York City.

Washington: An Indian RAW official was involved in a plot to kill a separatist Sikh American national last summer in and around the state visit of Prime

'It was a productive meeting. They informed us that the individual named in the Justice Department indictment is no longer an employee of the Indian government,' Mathew Miller said after a meeting with Indian officials.

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.