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Friday October 18, 2024

US charges ex-RAW official in foiled Sikh murder plot: report

An indictment of Vikash Yadav, now-former officer in India’s RAW service, was unsealed on Thursday

By Our Correspondent
October 18, 2024
Gurpatwant Singh Pannun, a Sikh leader and close ally of Hardeep Singh Nijjar. — X@GurpatwantSinghPannun/file
Gurpatwant Singh Pannun, a Sikh leader and close ally of Hardeep Singh Nijjar. — X@GurpatwantSinghPannun/file

WASHINGTON: The United States has charged a former Indian intelligence officer who allegedly directed a foiled plot to murder a Sikh separatist in New York City last year, the Washington Post reported on Thursday, citing American officials.

An indictment of Vikash Yadav, a now-former officer in India’s Research and Analysis Wing spy service, was unsealed on Thursday, the newspaper said. —Reuters