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Morning briefing: US denies reports of expelling Indian diplomats; India-China wrapping up disengagement, and more | Latest News India

Morning briefing: US denies reports of expelling Indian diplomats; India-China wrapping up disengagement, and more | Latest News India

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The US State Department has dismissed claims suggesting that Washington expelled Indian diplomats amidst the ongoing strain between India and Canada. During a Tuesday press briefing, State Department spokesperson Matthew Miller stated he had no knowledge of any such expulsion. “I am not familiar with this report that we expelled Indian diplomats…I’m not aware of any expulsion,” Miller clarified. This statement follows India’s recent recall of six diplomats from Canada after the Canadian government labelled them “persons of interest” in the investigation surrounding the killing of Khalistani terrorist Hardeep Singh Nijjar. Additionally, the U.S. addressed questions regarding Vikash Yadav, a former Indian government official, and his alleged involvement in an attempted assassination plot targeting pro-Khalistani leader Gurpatwant Singh Pannun. Dig deeper US State Department spokesperson Matthew Miller (AP) The disengagement of Indian and Chinese armies from Depsang and Demchok in eastern Ladakh is almost over, with both sides simultaneously carrying out joint verification of the troop and equipment pullback to a specified and mutually agreed distance from the face-off sites, people aware of the development …

Vikash Yadav: Rogue Agent Or Thrown Under Bus After Cover Blown? The Jury Is Out | Homework

Vikash Yadav: Rogue Agent Or Thrown Under Bus After Cover Blown? The Jury Is Out | Homework

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The US indictment has published a picture of Vikash Yadav in military fatigues. (Image: FBI) Vikash Yadav cannot be extradited to the US till his trial and a possible jail sentence is complete in the Delhi case, which acts as a ‘safety cover’ of sorts Is 39-year-old Vikash Yadav a rogue Research and Analysis Wing (R&AW) agent who undertook a private mission to eliminate Khalistani terrorist Gurupatwant Singh Pannun? Or is Yadav someone is who being thrown under the bus after his cover was blown by the United States (US)? The jury is out. Let’s look at a couple of facts. It is now established that Yadav hails from a small village in Pranpura in Rewari, Haryana, and is the son of a retired Border Security Force (BSF) soldier, and was employed with the R&AW in Cabinet Secretariat since 2015 as a Senior Field Officer. ALSO READ | ‘Can You Find Any Audis’: After US Indictment Of Vikash Yadav, His Family Rejects Charges In Pannun Case He lived in a government accommodation in Andrews Ganj, …

Yadav appointed, dismissed last year | Latest News India

Yadav appointed, dismissed last year | Latest News India

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Former R&AW (Research & Analysis Wing) official, Vikash Yadav, who has been named by the US Department of Justice and charged with directing a plot to assassinate pro-Khalistan separatist leader Gurpatwant Singh Pannun, received permanent appointment as the intelligence agency’s “senior field officer” last year, only to be removed from the department a few months later, according to legal documents seen by HT. Documents from the Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT) showed that Yadav worked for eight years for R&AW but was on probation. (REUTERS) Documents from the Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT) showed that Yadav worked for eight years for R&AW but was on probation and was finally confirmed as a “permanent” officer in October last year. However, a bail order from March this year shows he was an “ex-government employee”. In December last year, the Delhi police’s special cell arrested him and his associate for allegedly abducting a west Delhi-based cafe owner near the NIA office in Delhi. The date of his dismissal from service is not clear. However, police officials in the special cell …

Vikash Yadav: Rogue Agent Or Thrown Under Bus After Cover Blown? The Jury Is Out | Homework

Central Administrative Tribunal Last Year Confirmed Vikash Yadav’s Probation with Cabinet Secretariat, Documents with News18 Show

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The US indictment has published a picture of Vikash Yadav in military fatigues. (Image: FBI) News18 has accessed a CAT order dated November 29, 2023. Yadav had approached CAT for confirmation of his probation with the Directorate General of Security in the Cabinet Secretariat, the document reveals. Vikash Yadav is wanted by the FBI for a foiled assassination plot of Gurpatwant Singh Pannun, a Khalistani separatist based in the United States who is sought by Indian law enforcement authorities The Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT) last year confirmed Vikash Yadav’s probation with the Directorate General of Security in the Cabinet Secretariat, a fact which confirms the US indictment claim that Yadav was employed last with the Cabinet Secretariat, News18 has learnt. Yadav is wanted by the FBI for a foiled assassination plot of Gurpatwant Singh Pannun, a Khalistani separatist based in the United States who is sought by Indian law enforcement authorities. News18 has accessed a CAT order dated November 29, 2023. Yadav had approached CAT for confirmation of his probation with the Cabinet Secretariat, the …

Vikas Yadav Ex Indian Spy Vikash Yadav Wanted By FBI For Alleged Gurpatwant Singh Pannun Murder Plot Was Arrested For Delhi Kidnapping Last Year

Vikas Yadav Ex Indian Spy Vikash Yadav Wanted By FBI For Alleged Gurpatwant Singh Pannun Murder Plot Was Arrested For Delhi Kidnapping Last Year

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Vikas Yadav is on FBI’s wanted list. (Representational) New Delhi: Vikas Yadav, a former Indian government employee on the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s wanted list, was arrested ten months ago by the Delhi Police on charges of attempted murder and kidnapping. The former officer of the Research and Analysis Wing (R&AW) has been charged by US prosecutors for his alleged role in directing a failed plot to kill Khalistani terrorist Gurpatwant Singh Pannun, who holds dual citizenship of the US and Canada. The Ministry of External Affairs on Thursday confirmed that the individual named in the US Justice Department’s indictment was “no longer an employee of the government of India”. Vikas Yadav, also known as Vikash Yadav, was arrested by the special cell of Delhi Police in December last year after a complaint by a businessman from Rohini in north west Delhi and a chargesheet was filed in March this year. Yadav got bail a month later in April. The businessman – who is said to have many contacts in west Asia – told police …

In US indictment, hints of a purported link with Nijjar | Latest News India

In US indictment, hints of a purported link with Nijjar | Latest News India

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Washington: On June 18, 2023, Hardeep Singh Nijjar was shot dead in Canada. The same day, Vikash Yadav, a then serving government of India official, messaged Nikhil Gupta, his intermediary in an effort to nudge a hitman to assassinate Gurpatwant Singh Pannun, with both a video that showed Nijjar’s body and instructions to hasten the killing of Pannun after initially telling him to wait till the Indian Prime Minister had completed his planned visit to the US. Hardeep Singh Nijjar and Gurpatwant Singh Pannun. To be sure, these are just claims by Yadav, according to US authorities, and may have been exaggerated even if the conversations are accurately reproduced. But in that assertion of the Department of Justice indictment lies the possibility of the Nijjar assassination and the Pannun assassination plot being intertwined. In that may also lie the basis of the intelligence sharing between US and Canada that propelled Ottawa to allege that government of India agents had a role in Nijjar’s killing. And in that lies what has become a triangular India-US-Canada espionage …

Vikash Yadav: Rogue Agent Or Thrown Under Bus After Cover Blown? The Jury Is Out | Homework

Wanted by FBI in Pannun Case, Vikash Yadav Was Arrested by Delhi Police for Extortion in Lawrence Bishnoi’s Name

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The US indictment has published a picture of Vikash Yadav in military fatigues. (Image: FBI) Yadav met the complainant, Raj Kumar Walia, as an undercover agent working for the National Investigation Agency (NIA) before kidnapping Walia and forcing him to sign on blank cheques Vikash Yadav, whom the FBI is looking for in connection with his alleged involvement in the conspiracy to kill Khalistani terrorist and US citizen Gurpatwant Singh Pannun, was arrested by the Delhi Police Anti-Terror Wing Special Cell last year for extortion and is out on bail after spending a few months in Tihar Jail. The investigation in the extortion case had revealed that Yadav met the complainant, Raj Kumar Walia, as an undercover agent. The FIR says he was posing as a government official working for the National Investigation Agency (NIA). Yadav met Walia outside the NIA office before kidnapping him and extorting money. Police officials learned about Yadav’s status as a “wanted” person through news reports. Sources indicated that Yadav had met Walia through a common friend at a party …

US charges ex-Indian official for plotting to kill Sikh separatist | Latest News India

US charges ex-Indian official for plotting to kill Sikh separatist | Latest News India

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The US has charged a former Indian intelligence official for allegedly directing a foiled plot to murder pro-Khalistan separatist Gurpatwant Singh Pannun on American soil, days after members of an Indian inquiry committee visited Washington for discussions on the matter. Gurpatwant Singh Pannun (HT) The second indictment by the US justice department in the so-called “murder for hire” case, which was ordered to be unsealed on Thursday, came close on the heels of India and the US announcing that an Indian official referred to only as “CC-1” in an earlier indictment had been sacked. The US justice department said murder-for-hire and money laundering charges were filed against Vikash Yadav, 39, also known as Vikas and Amanat, in “connection with his role in directing a foiled plot to assassinate a US citizen in New York City”. While all the indictments didn’t name the target of the plot, US officials have acknowledged that he is Pannun, a leader of Sikhs for Justice (SFJ) already declared a terrorist by India. There was no immediate response from Indian officials …

Ex-Indian spy charged by US in alleged Sikh murder conspiracy: Report

Ex-Indian spy charged by US in alleged Sikh murder conspiracy: Report

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Oct 18, 2024 02:31 AM IST An indictment unsealed reveals U.S. charges against ex-Indian intelligence officer Vikash Yadav for involvement in an assassination plot in New York. The U.S. has officially charged an ex-Indian intelligence officer in connection with a thwarted assassination plot targeting a Sikh separatist in New York City last year. Vikash Yadav, previously affiliated with India’s Research and Analysis Wing (RAW), now faces serious allegations following the unsealing of an indictment, as reported by the Washington Post. Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Canadian Sikh leader Jagmeet Singh. US charges Vikash Yadav in connection with foiled assassination attempt On October 17, Thursday, the indictment against Vikash Yadav, a former officer in India’s Research and Analysis Wing (RAW), was made public according to WP. This action represents a big change in the U.S. stance on holding an important ally responsible for suspected acts of violence occurring on American soil. Washington has claimed that Indian operatives were implicated in a plot to assassinate Sikh separatist leader Gurpatwant Singh Pannun. {This is a developing story; …