A former Indian government employee has been charged over his alleged role in a foiled plot to kill a Sikh separatist leader residing in New York City, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) said on Oct. 17.
Vikash Yadav, 39, is facing murder-for-hire and money laundering charges but remains at large. The DOJ stated on Thursday that Yadav was an officer at the Indian government’s Research and Analysis Wing.
Yadav’s alleged co-conspirator in the plot, Nikhil Gupta, 53, was previously charged and extradited to the United States after being arrested in the Czech Republic last year, according to the DOJ.
In a press briefing on Oct. 17, Indian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal confirmed that Yadav—who he referred to as “the individual named in the Justice Department indictment”—is no longer employed by the Indian government….