Identity of the accused Indian officer involved in the conspiracy of Pannu’s murder revealed, know what America is saying

New Delhi : The US has revealed the identity of the person listed as CC-1 in its charge sheet 11 months ago for his/her role in the alleged foiled conspiracy to murder Khalistani separatist Gurpatwant Singh Pannu. In this charge sheet filed in the Southern District of New York, this person has been described as Vikash Yadav. Vikash alias Vikas alias Amanat. Yadav, said to be an Indian employee, has been charged with murder for hire and money laundering.

Pannu’s identity not revealed

However, Pannu’s identity has not been revealed anywhere in this chargesheet. 39-year-old Yadav has been identified as an Indian Government employee who was working in the Central Secretariat at the time of the incident. There, there are offices of Indian Foreign Service and RAW i.e. Research and Analysis Wing. Let us tell you that last November also a charge sheet related to this was presented in the American court in which Yadav’s name was registered as CC-1.

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On Thursday, Attorney General Damien Williams clarified that charges were framed against Nikhil Gupta last year, but it is clear that Gupta did not do this alone. In such a situation, we are framing charges against Indian Government official Vikash Yadav who hatched the plot from India and directed Gupta.

The accused person is no longer an employee

In fact, the timing of revealing the identity of this person who has been accused by the US of being involved in the conspiracy is important because on Thursday itself the Indian Ministry of External Affairs had confirmed that this person, who was accused by the US, is now in India. Spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said this as a reaction to US State Department spokesperson Matthew Miller’s comment in this regard that he/she is not an employee of the government.

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The US Justice Department alleged that Yadav conspired to commit a paid murder, which was foiled by US investigative agencies. Nikhil Gupta, listed as a co-conspirator in the US indictment, was arrested in the Czech Republic last year and is currently lodged in a US jail. Yadav is currently described as absconding by the US Justice Department. The 18-page chargesheet released on Thursday also includes a photograph of Yadav in army uniform.

FBI released photo

While releasing its pictures, FBI said that Yadav, born in 1984, belongs to Pranapura, Haryana. In the charge sheet, Yadav’s position has been described as Senior Field Officer. his/her responsibility has been stated as ‘Security Management and Intelligence’. It is also mentioned in the charge sheet that he/she has also worked in the paramilitary Central Reserve Police Force. he/she has taken training in weapons and battle craft.

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In this charge sheet, along with the photograph of Yadav, there are also photographs of two other people. Regarding this photograph taken on June 9, 2023, the chargesheet contains photographs of two more people. It is said that two people sitting in a car in New York were exchanging dollars. Federal prosecutors say that someone else was paying money to carry out the crime on behalf of conspirators Nikhil Gupta and Yadav.

Allegations on the relationship between Nikhil Gupta and Yadav

It is alleged that in the month of May 2023, Yadav assigned the task of murdering the victim on American soil to Gupta. According to the charge sheet, Gupta is an Indian citizen who has been involved in international narcotics and arms trafficking. At the behest of Yadav, Gupta contacted a person who was actually a confidential source of American investigative agencies. The alleged hitman whom this person introduced to carry out this murder. he/she was also an undercover officer of DEA. In such a situation, Gupta and Yadav, through an associate, gave 15,000 US dollars as advance payment to this hitman in Manhattan.
In the charge sheet, Yadav is accused of providing personal information about the victim to Private Gupta. It contained an account of Pannu’s daily routine along with her New York City address and phone number. Yadav asked Gupta to give daily updates about the progress regarding this murder. During this, Gupta asked this undercover agent i.e. hitman to carry out this murder as soon as possible but he/she was also told that he/she should not carry out it when the Indian PM is on a tour of America. PM Modi was on a visit to America on June 22, 2023.

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According to the indictment, there is a connection between the conspiracy to murder an American Sikh separatist and the murder of another Sikh separatist, Hardeep Singh Nijjar, in Canada around the same time. On June 18, 2023, a few days before the PM’s visit, Hardeep Singh Nijjar was shot dead by a masked gunman outside a Sikh Gurudwara in British Columbia, Canada. The charge sheet says that on June 19, 2023, a day after Nijjar’s murder, Gupta told the undercover agent i.e. the hitman that “Nijjar was also a target, and we have many targets.”

The charge sheet says that the same day, Yadav sent a message to Gupta saying there was no need to wait. On June 20, Yadav sent Gupta a news article related to the victim. Also said that now this is a priority. Let us tell you that Yadav and Gupta are accused of murder for hire. It mostly carries a jail sentence of 10 years. The maximum punishment for conspiracy to commit murder for hire is also 10 years. At the same time, the maximum punishment for conspiracy to commit money laundering is 20 years.

Let us tell you that India has always denied these allegations. After this news was published in the Financial Times last year, the Indian Government accepted that America had raised this matter with India. Also sought cooperation in this. After this, the Government of India constituted a commission to investigate the allegations. Just two days ago, 15 members of this commission had gone to America.