France, Oct. 24 -- Prosecutors in the United States have charged an Indian man with a foiled plot to kill a Sikh militant in New York days after a row between Canada and India over similar accusations.

Last Thursday, the US Justice Department named Vikash Yadav as the Indian intelligence official and charged him for his alleged role in the June 2023 plot to kill Sikh separatist Gurpatwant Singh Pannun, a US citizen.

The Indian government responded, saying that it no longer employed Yadav.

His lawyers insisted on his innocence.

"The accusations are baseless and part of a larger international conspiracy against India," media quoted lawyer R.K. Handoo as saying.

But US ambassador Eric Garcetti argued Yadav may have crossed a red line."P...