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US Charges Former Indian Intelligence Officer in Alleged Plot to Kill Sikh Separatist in New York

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Vikash Yadav, a 39-year-old individual, has been ordered to be indicted in connection with a murder-for-hire plot. The plot involved an attempt to assassinate a Sikh separatist leader in New York City last year. According to US officials, Yadav allegedly directed the plot remotely, recruiting a hitman and arranging a payment of $15,000 for the job. Yadav faces murder-for-hire charges and the indictment against him was unsealed on Thursday. The US Justice Department alleges that Yadav orchestrated the assassination plot, and FBI Director Christopher Wray stated that the FBI will not tolerate acts of violence.

    1. The United States has continued to aggressively investigate the attempted assassination of a U.S. citizen in New York by an Indian intelligence official, and to push India to conduct its own credible and transparent investigation.
    1. The FBI will not tolerate acts of violence or other efforts to retaliate against those residing in the U.S. for exercising their constitutionally protected rights.
    2. The defendant [Yadav], an Indian government employee, allegedly conspired with a criminal associate and attempted to assassinate a US citizen on American soil for exercising their First Amendment rights.
    1. They did inform us that the individual who was named in the Justice Department indictment is no longer an employee of the Indian government.
    2. We've received an update from them on the investigation that they have been conducting. It was a productive meeting.
    1. In the United States, Sikh Americans and other diaspora communities continue to face the threat of transnational repression.