ALMOST a month after the US Department of Justice (DoJ) charged him with “murder-for-hire” and money laundering in connection with the alleged plot to kill pro-Khalistan separatist figure Gurpatwant Singh Pannun, Vikash Yadav has moved an application before a Delhi court requesting to grant him exemption from attending his case hearing saying there’s a security threat to his life.

The court Saturday granted him exemption and asked him to appear on February 3.

On December 18, 2023, less than three weeks after he was mentioned by US Department of Justice (DoJ) documents as “CC-1” (co-conspirator) last November, Yadav was arrested in a kidnapping and extortion case by the Delhi Police Special Cell.

After four months in Tihar jail, as  reported first, he was released on bail in April this year, records show. On October 18, the FBI’s New York office put him on its wanted list.