The US Department of Justice charged Yadav with leading an unsuccessful plot to murder Sikh separatist leader Gurpatwant Singh Pannun last year

The US justice department has charged 'CC-1' with ‘murder for hire’ and ‘money-laundering’, in connection with the Gurpatwant Singh Pannun assassination

Vikash Yaday was reportedly arrested by Delhi Police’s Special Cell in an extortion case in December 2023, less than three weeks after the US Department of Justice identified him as "CC-1", a co-conspirator, last November for allegedly plotting to murder Khalistani terrorist Gurpatwant Singh Pannun.

Vikash Yadav, wanted by the FBI for allegedly plotting the murder of Khalistani terrorist Gurpatwant Singh Pannun, was arrested 10 months ago by the Delhi Police Special Cell in connection with a kidnapping and attempted murder case.

Delhi Police had arrested Yadav on December 18 in the Indian capital, the police officer said. Yadav and an associate were charged with attempted murder and other crimes, according to a filing in a Delhi district court.

US prosecutors charge Indian government employee Vikash Yadav with orchestrating foiled plot to kill pro-Khalistan separatist in US-India relations scandal.

As per the US indictment, Vikash Yadav served as an officer in the CRPF, and has counter intelligence training, apart from being trained in weapons and battlecraft.

RAW officer, Yadav was also arrested last year in December and granted bail in April this year. He is on FBI’s 'most wanted' list.

A former Indian government official charged in the United States this week for allegedly directing a foiled murder plot had been arrested in New Delhi in December in an attempted murder case, according to court records and a police officer.

The US Justice Department unsealed the indictment of Vikash Yadav, 39, alleging he led a plot to murder a Sikh separatist in New York.