New Delhi. A case has been registered in America against Vikas Yadav, an Indian citizen and an officer of the central agency RAW, in the case of conspiracy to murder pro-Khalistan separatist Gurpatwant Singh Pannu. Apart from conspiring to murder, the American investigating agency has also accused Vikas Yadav of money laundering. America’s intelligence agency FBI says that Vikas was associated with India’s intelligence agency RAW.
The US State Department says that the Indian government has removed Vikas from his post and arrested him. However, India has not yet commented on this claim of FBI and US State Department. It is noteworthy that Vikas was earlier in America. He had come to India some time ago. However, India has made it clear that they do not work for the Indian government.
It is noteworthy that the American court had made two people accused in the conspiracy to murder Pannu. This included Nikhil Gupta and a person named CC1. Now FBI has identified CC1 as Vikas Yadav. America had already arrested Nikhil Gupta from Czech Republic. The FBI charge sheet states that Vikas involved Nikhil Gupta in this conspiracy and gave instructions, in which he had complete information about Pannu. This included Pannu’s address, mobile number and every day-to-day activity.
According to the charge sheet, Gupta contacted a criminal, whom he considered a contract killer, to murder Pannu. However, he was actually an undercover agent of America’s Drug Enforcement Administration i.e. DEA. FBI says that Yadav had planned to pay one lakh dollars i.e. about Rs 83 lakh for this murder.