Live news: US charges Indian official over plot to kill Sikh activist in New York
The Department of Justice said Vikash Yadav, described as a “senior field officer” within Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s administration, directed a “murder-for-hire” scheme from India, in which a hitman was to be paid $100,000 for assassinating a US-Canadian citizen who was part of a separatist movement advocating for an independent Sikh state.