Vikash Yadav directed a plot to kill Gurpatwant Singh Pannun, a dual U.S.-Canadian citizen, the U.S. indictment says.

Vikash Yadav's family expressed shock over allegations of his involvement in a plot to kill Khalistani terrorist Gurpatwant Singh Pannun. They claim the charges are baseless and fabricated. Despite the US Department of Justice’s indictment alleging Yadav’s role in the failed assassination,

Vikash Yadav, an ex-official accused by the U.S. of orchestrating a failed murder-for-hire plot against Sikh leader Gurpatwant Singh Pannun, denies the allegations, with his family expressing shock and lack of knowledge about his purported involvement with India's intelligence services.