US EditionIndian man pleads guilty in New York over alleged plot against Sikh separatist
Gupta admitted to a murder-for-hire scheme targeting Sikh separatist Gurpatwant Singh Pannun, linked to an Indian government official, facing up to 40 years in prison.
- Indian national Nikhil Gupta pleaded guilty in a US court to charges including murder-for-hire, conspiracy to commit murder-for-hire, and conspiracy to commit money laundering related to a 2023 assassination plot in New York City.
- Gupta was accused by US prosecutors of conspiring with a former Indian government official to assassinate Sikh separatist Gurpatwant Singh Pannun, a US resident and dual US-Canadian citizen.
- Gupta was extradited from the Czech Republic to the US in June 2024 and has been jailed in Brooklyn since then.
- India's Ministry of External Affairs denied involvement, stating that the implicated individual is no longer an employee and called the allegations unwarranted and unsubstantiated.
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