The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has released a wanted poster for former Indian government employee, Vikash Yadav, in connection with his alleged role in directing a foiled plot to assassinate Khalistani terrorist Gurpatwant Singh Pannun, who is a US citizen.
In a statement, the US Justice Department said, "Yadav is charged in a second superseding indictment unsealed today in the US District Court for the Southern District of New York."
The US on Thursday said that the meeting with the Indian Inquiry Committee regarding the alleged foiled assassination plot of Khalistani terrorist Gurpatwant Singh Pannun was "productive" and America was "satisfied" with the cooperation.
An Indian enquiry committee is set to visit the United States on Tuesday to investigate the involvement of an Indian government official in a foiled plot to assassinate a US national, the US Department of State said.
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Sambit Patra on Thursday attacked Congress after Pakistan Defence Minister Khwaja Asif backed the Congress-NC alliance's stand on Article 370 and questioned the Lok Sabha Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi about the reason behind the support he is getting from
The Ministry of External Affairs on Thursday dismissed the lawsuit filed by pro-Khalistani terrorist Gurpatwant Singh Pannun as an "unwarranted and unsubstantiated imputations" over the 'assassination' attempt against the Indian government in the US.
"When Pannun and Rahul Gandhi are endorsing each other and each other's statements then what else would a person be called, what is the difference between them," the BJP leader said.
The US Justice Department has alleged that Gupta (52) is an associate of the Indian government and that together they and others helped plot the assassination of Pannun in New York City.
The Ministry extended the ban on SFJ under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967, citing its involvement in "anti-national and subversive activities aimed at disrupting the sovereignty and territorial integrity of India."
The United States said on Wednesday that India has been responsive to its concerns on the alleged overseas plot to kill pro-Khalistani terrorist Gurpatwant Singh Pannun and there has been constructive dialogue between the two countries
Nikhil Gupta was extradited on 14 June to face legal proceedings in the US. He is suspected by the US of involvement in an unsuccessful plot to kill the India-designated pro-Khalistani terrorist Gurpatwant Singh Pannun on American soil