US federal prosecutors have named Vikash Yadav as the intelligence official and charged him with “murder-for-hire and money laundering.”

An Indian ex-official charged by the U.S. with directing a murder-for-hire plot has dismissed the allegations, his family said, expressing shock that Vikash Yadav was wanted by the FBI. Yadav, 39, described the claims as false media reports when he spoke to his cousin,

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.