Vikas Yadav, who has been accused by the US in the conspiracy case to murder pro-Khalistan separatist leader Gurpatwant Singh Pannun, was arrested by Delhi Police in an extortion case. According to the news of leading newspaper Indian Express, the arrest of Vikas Yadav in Delhi and his subsequent release on bail is important in view of the fact that the New York office of FBI has put him on the wanted list and sought information about him. It is being told that on December 18, 2023, the Special Cell of Delhi Police had arrested Vikas Yadav after a Rohini resident lodged an FIR against him. In the complaint, Vikas Yadav was accused of extortion and kidnapping and having links with gangster Lawrence Bishnoi.
According to the newspaper report, the Rohini resident said in his complaint that he ran an IT company and had established contacts with many Indians settled in West Asia. She had said in her complaint that in November last year, a friend of mine introduced me to Vikas Yadav, a senior government official, and we exchanged numbers. We became good friends, but since he was a government official, we never talked about business. However he always showed curiosity about my friends who live abroad. He had said in his complaint that Vikas Yadav used to ask how I transact money with him. According to media reports, the complainant alleged that Vikas Yadav told him that he was “some kind of secret agent” carrying out a sensitive operation for a central agency, but he never disclosed his post or office address. Did.
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The complainant said that on December 11, he called and told me that there was something serious that he wanted to discuss and it was related to my life. After this we decided to meet at Lodhi Road. According to the complaint, Vikas Yadav came in a vehicle with an accomplice and they forcibly took him to a flat near Defense Colony. The complaint states that Vikas Yadav told the complainant that a “betel nut” was given to him by gangster Lawrence Bishnoi at the behest of a Dubai-based person to eliminate him. He claimed that eventually Vikas Yadav’s partner “hit me on the head” and forced him to give me his gold chain and some rings. The complainant claimed that they also went to a café run by him and took cash from his outlet.
According to media reports, the complainant claimed that he was eventually left on the road and warned of dire consequences if he approached the authorities. However, on his complaint, Vikas Yadav and his associate were picked up by the police the next day. According to the Indian Express, according to the charge sheet filed in a Delhi court on March 13 this year, these people have been booked under IPC sections 307 (attempt to murder), 120-B (criminal conspiracy), 364 A (kidnapping), 506 (threatening). ), a case was registered under section 341 (wrongfully). According to the report, a senior police officer, quoting the charge sheet, informed that Vikas Yadav had told the police that his father was working in the Border Security Force and he died in 2007. Vikas Yadav got married in 2015. According to the report, Tihar Jail sources said that Vikas Yadav was kept in Central Jail No. 1 on December 23. He was granted interim bail on March 22. According to the report, on April 22, Vikas Yadav came out of Tihar Jail on regular bail. In its report, Indian Express has written that when it tried to contact the complainant, he still said that he was scared.
As far as the allegations leveled against Vikas Yadav by America are concerned, let us tell you that federal prosecutors have claimed that 39-year-old Vikas Yadav was working in the Cabinet Secretariat where India’s foreign intelligence service RAW is headquartered. He has been charged with three counts, including attempt to commit murder with the help of hired criminals and conspiracy to commit money laundering. The US Justice Department said Vikas Yadav “is still at large”.
