The Delhi Police Special Cell had arrested Vikash Yadav, charged by the US over the Gurpatwant Singh Pannun case, in an extortion case.
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has released a wanted poster of Vikash (Vikas) Yadav, “a former Indian government employee”, in connection with his alleged role in directing a foiled plot to assassinate pro-Khalistani leader Gurpatwant Singh Pannun on the US soil.
On Thursday, the ministry of external affairs confirmed that the individual named in the US Justice Department’s indictment case in the foiled assassination plot of Gurpatwant Singh Pannun was “no longer an employee of the government of India”.
Now, a report published by The Indian Express on Saturday claimed that the Delhi Police’s Special Cell had arrested Vikash Yadav in an extortion case. The arrested was made less than three weeks after Vikash Yadav was mentioned by the US Department of Justice documents as “CC-1” (co-conspirator) last November, The Indian Express report added.
The newspaper, citing records, also reported that Vikash Yadav was released on bail in April this year.