Who is Nikhil Gupta, What's His Alleged Role in Plot to Kill Gurpatwant Pannun in US?
A US attorney this week announced the filing of murder-for-hire charges against Indian national Nikhil Gupta, accused of participating in a foiled plot to assassinate an American citizen in New York City. Nikhil Gupta, also known as ‘Nick’, was arrested by Czech authorities in June and is awaiting extradition.
The charges were unveiled in a Superseding Indictment unsealed on Wednesday in the US District Court for the Southern District of New York. Though the prosecutors did not name the “target”, US officials have identified him as Sikh separatist Gurpatwant Singh Pannun.
The US indictment which identifies Pannu as “The Victim”, also identifies an Indian government employee as CC-1, who allegedly collaborated with others, including Gupta, to direct a plot to assassinate “a US citizen of Indian origin” residing in New York City. It alleges that Gupta, residing in India, is associated with CC-1 and has been involved in international narcotics and weapons trafficking.
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