Indian national extradited to U.S. to stand trial in alleged plot to kill Sikh activist in New York
An Indian national accused of helping plot to kill a U.S. citizen in New York City has been extradited to the U.S. to stand trial.
An Indian national accused of helping plot to kill a U.S. citizen in New York City has been extradited to the U.S. to stand trial.
A U.S. District Court spokesman said Nikhil Gupta is scheduled to appear Monday in the lower Manhattan courthouse on federal murder-for-hire charges.
The Justice Department alleges that Gupta, 52, is an associate of an Indian government “senior field officer” and that together they and others helped plot the assassination of a Sikh separatist and critic of the Indian government in New York City.
That critic has been identified as Gurpatwant Singh Pannun, whom Indian officials have labeled a terrorist, according to The Associated Press.
Pannun — believed to be the target of the alleged plot — advocates for an independent Punjab region for India’s Sikh population, officials said.
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