US prosecutors have charged an Indian government official with orchestrating a failed plot to assassinate a Sikh separatist holding US citizenship in New York. The case has strained relations between the US and India and draws parallels to a 2023 killing in Canada, reports Bloomberg. Vikash Yadav, 39, has been added to the criminal case against 53-year-old Nikhil Gupta. Last year, Gupta was charged with collaborating with an Indian government agent to kill a lawyer who was allegedly an activist in the global movement advocating for an independent Sikh homeland in India. According to the indict…