New Delhi, Oct 19: Vikash Yadav who is a wanted in connection with terrorist Pannun’s assassination plot is no longer an employee of the government of India, cleared the Ministry of External Affairs on Saturday.
The FBI had issued a wanted poster for Vikash Yadav, a former Indian government employee, in connection with a foiled plot to assassinate Khalistani terrorist Gurpatwant Singh Pannun, a US citizen.
The Ministry of External Affairs confirmed that Yadav is no longer serving in India. MEA spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal stated that the US State Department had informed them of his status regarding the indictment in the assassination plot.
Meanwhile, as per a report, Vikash Yadav was arrested last year by the Delhi Police Anti-Terror Wing's Special Cell for extortion in November last year and spent several months in Tihar Jail before being released on bail in April.
The investigation revealed that Yadav had posed as an undercover agent, meeting the complainant, Raj Kumar Walia, under the guise of a government official working for the National Investigation Agency (NIA).
According to the complaint, Yadav met Walia outside the NIA office before kidnapping him and extorting money from him, posing him as an NIA sleuth.
