Yadav, according to the Justice Department, allegedly orchestrated the plot and claimed that he hired Gupta to use a hitman in May of 2023.
Gupta allegedly reached out to a person he thought was a fugitive relate to arrange for a hitman operation. In reality, the person was a secret agent for the US Drug Enforcement Administration ( DEA ).
The DEA captain, Anne Milgram, said in a speech that Yadav, an individual of the American government, used his position of authority and access to classified information to guide the attempted execution of an outspoken critic of the American government on US soil.
Attorney General Merrick Garland stated that the Justice Department” will be unrelenting in holding responsible any person who seeks to hurt and silence American citizens, regardless of their status or contact to strength.”
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According to the Justice Department, Yadav was employed by the American government’s Cabinet Secretariat, which houses the region’s foreign intelligence services, the Research and Analysis Wing (RAW).
India informed the United States on Wednesday that an knowledge official who is accused of planning an assassination plot on US soil was no longer employed by the government.
According to State Department spokesman Matthew Miller,” They did tell us that the person named in the Justice Department accusation is no longer an individual of the American authorities.” ” We are satisfied with the assistance”.
New Delhi’s actions contrasted sharply with Canada’s angry response to accusations that India had violated its own government’s independence on Wednesday.