WASHINGTON - The United States has charged a former Indian intelligence officer who allegedly directed a foiled plot to murder a Sikh separatist in New York City in 2023.

       An indictment of Vikash Yadav was ordered to be unsealed on Oct 17, court records showed. Yadav was a former officer in India's Research and Analysis Wing spy service, the records said.

       Washington has alleged Indian agents were involved in an attempted assassination plot against Sikh separatist leader Gurpatwant Singh Pannun.

       An Indian government committee investigating Indian involvement in the foiled murder plot met with US officials in Washington on Oct 15, a meeting that Washington described as productive. REUTERS