New Delhi. Khalistani Pannun Case: America's allegations in the conspiracy to kill pro-Khalistan terrorist Gurpatwant Singh Pannu have been exposed. America has alleged that former RAW officer Vikas Yadav was involved in the conspiracy to kill Pannu, but now his lawyers have made a big claim. 

made a scapegoat

According to the lawyers, Vikas Yadav is being made a scapegoat in international politics. Speaking to TV channel India Today, Yadav's lawyers RK Handu and Aditya Chaudhary said that all the allegations against him are false and he is being made a scapegoat in international politics.

This is a conspiracy against India

The US Justice Department has alleged that former Indian intelligence officers were involved in a failed plot to assassinate Pannu. Vikas Yadav's lawyers said that he never left the country and never traveled abroad. They also called the US allegations a conspiracy against India and the government.

America also raised questions regarding extradition

The lawyers also rejected the allegations against Vikas Yadav that earlier extortion cases against Vikas were being used to save him from being extradited to the US.

The lawyers said this amounts to casting doubt on the entire judicial system of India. They said due process is being followed and the courts are examining the matter. It is not correct to say that the case has been filed only to prevent his extradition.

These allegations were also made

These charges against Vikas Yadav were levelled in a separate case in a New York court. Yadav's alleged co-conspirator Nikhil Gupta was charged earlier and extradited to the US.

The chargesheet alleged that Yadav had collaborated with individuals in India and abroad to hatch a conspiracy to murder Gurpatwant Singh Pannu.

The indictment alleged that Yadav and Gupta had hired a man to carry out the murder for US$100,000, but it was later discovered that the hired killer was actually an FBI informant. The person mentioned in the US indictment on Pannu's foiled assassination plot was no longer employed by the Indian government, the Ministry of External Affairs said.