US Says Indian Government Worker Led Plot to Kill US Citizen
- The alleged target was a Sikh in New York with US citizenship
- Indictment says the accused directed the plot from India
Gurpatwant Singh Pannun, the attorney who was the alleged target of the murder plot, applauded the charges against Yadav.
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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.
Vikash Yadav, 39, was added to the criminal case against Nikhil Gupta, 53. Gupta was charged last year with working with an Indian government agent to kill an attorney described as active in the global movement to carve an independent Sikh homeland out of India.