Less than three weeks after an Indian man was named as a co-conspirator by the United States in an alleged plot to kill Sikh separatist , the man was arrested in Delhi in a separate extortion case, The Indian Express reported on Saturday.

The man, Vikash Yadav, was on Friday charged with and money laundering by the United States Department of Justice in connection with the alleged plot to assassinate Pannun. The plot was foiled before the Sikh separatist leader could be killed.

The United States’ Federal Bureau of Investigation on Friday placed Yadav on its “wanted” list and sought information about him.

Yadav was described in the US indictment as a senior field officer in the Research and Analysis Wing, India’s foreign intelligence service. However, India’s said on Thursday that he was “not part of the Government of India setup”.

An indictment that became public in November had referred to Yadav as an and left out any mention of the Research and Analysis Wing. On December 18, less than three weeks after the US indictment became public, he was arrested by the Delhi Police’s Special Cell in an extortion case, according to The Indian Express.

The case was filed after a resident of Delhi’s Rohini area accused him of extortion and...