WASHINGTON (Reuters) -America has charged a former Indian intelligence officer who allegedly directed a foiled plot to homicide a Sikh separatist in New York Metropolis final 12 months.
An indictment of Vikash Yadav was ordered to be unsealed on Thursday, court docket data confirmed. Yadav was a former officer in India’s Analysis and Evaluation Wing spy service, the data stated.
Washington has alleged Indian brokers have been concerned in an tried assassination plot in opposition to Sikh separatist chief Gurpatwant Singh Pannun.
An Indian authorities committee investigating Indian involvement within the foiled homicide plot met with U.S. officers in Washington on Tuesday, a gathering that Washington described as productive.