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America has framed charges against Indian citizen Vikas Yadav for conspiracy to murder Khalistani Gurpatwant Singh Pannu. Apart from conspiring to murder, Vikas has also been accused of money laundering. America's intelligence agency FBI says that Vikas was associated with India's intelligence agency RAW.
The FBI also said that the Indian government has removed Vikas from his post. Vikas was first in America. He had come to India some time ago. He is a resident of Pranapura village of Rewari district in Haryana state. He was arrested on 10 October. However, India has not yet commented on this claim of FBI.
The American court had made two people accused in the conspiracy to murder Pannu. This included Nikhil Gupta and a person named CC1. Now FBI has identified CC1 as Vikas Yadav. America had already arrested Nikhil Gupta from Czech Republic.
The American Intelligence Agency has posted this photo of Vikas Yadav on its website.
'Vikas gave all the information about Pannu to Nikhil' The FBI has said in the charge sheet that Vikas involved Nikhil Gupta in this conspiracy and gave instructions, in which he had complete information about Pannu. This included Pannu's address, mobile number and every day-to-day activity.
Only after this, Gupta contacted a criminal, whom he considered a contract killer, to murder Pannu. However, he was actually a secret agent of America's Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA). The FBI says that Yadav had planned to pay 1 lakh dollars (about Rs 83 lakh) for this murder.
America rejected Trudeau's claim – Vikas has no connection with Nijjar's murder… After India's name came up in the conspiracy to murder Pannu, Canadian PM Justin Trudeau had claimed that CC1 was also involved in the murder of Nijjar. However, America has rejected it. The US State Department said that Vikas has no connection with the Nijjar massacre in Canada.
The FBI's claim has come at a time when relations between Canada and India are under stress. Canada accused Indian diplomats of involvement in Nijjar's murder. After this, India has recalled 6 diplomats including the High Commissioner. Apart from this, India also asked Canadian diplomats to leave India.
What is the case of conspiracy to murder Pannu? Indian national Nikhil Gupta was arrested by the Czech Republic Police on June 30, 2023, for conspiring to murder Pannu. After this, Nikhil was extradited to America on June 14, 2024. A case was tried against Nikhil in America, where he declared himself innocent.
According to American agencies, the conspiracy to kill Pannu was hatched during PM Modi's visit to America in September last year. A former Indian officer (Vikas Yadav) had asked Nikhil Gupta to plot the murder of Pannu.
News agency Reuters had released this sketch of Nikhil during his stay in the courtroom.
When, what happened in Pannu case, complete timeline according to charge sheet…
- May 2023: According to the US prosecutor, an Indian officer (Vikas Yadav) hired Nikhil Gupta.
- 29 May: Nikhil Gupta started searching for someone who could kill Pannu. However, the person hired to kill Pannu turns out to be an undercover agent of America. For a few weeks, Nikhil Gupta discussed with this under cover agent the method and cost of killing Pannu.
- June 9: Gupta sent cash of 15 thousand dollars (12 lakh 49 thousand rupees) through a person to the hitman hired to kill Pannu. This was advance payment for the murder. The entire deal was done for 1 lakh dollars (84 lakh rupees).
- June 11: The Bharti officer told Gupta that Pannu cannot be killed yet. Actually, in June, Prime Minister Narendra Modi went on a tour of America. Gupta had also said on phone that nothing could be done for 10 days, otherwise demonstrations would start.
- 18th June: Terrorist Hardeep Singh Nijjar was killed in Canada.
- 19 June: Gupta sent the video of Nijjar's murder to the hitman hired to murder Pannu in America and said that this is good news, there is no need to wait now.
- June 24 to June 29: Gupta carried forward the plan to kill Pannu. Surveillance of Pannu started.
- 30 June: Gupta was detained in the Czech Republic at the behest of America.
Khalistani supporters protesting against India in Canada. Gurpatwant Singh Pannu is accused of organizing demonstrations in support of Khalistan in Canada and financially supporting the supporters of Khalistan in India.
Who is Gurpatwant Singh Pannu?
- Gurpatwant Singh Pannu is originally from Khankot, Punjab. He currently lives in America and runs an organization named Sikh for Justice. He has citizenship of both America and Canada.
- In 2019, the Government of India banned Pannu's organization SFJ under the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act i.e. UAPA on charges of carrying out terrorist activities. Under the guise of referendum for Sikhs, SFJ was supporting separatism and extremist ideology in Punjab.
- In the year 2020, Pannu was accused of promoting separatism and encouraging Punjabi Sikh youth to take up arms. After this, on July 1, 2020, the Central Government declared Pannu a terrorist under UAPA. According to media reports, this was the main target of this conspiracy. However, this is not mentioned in the American charge sheet.
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