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Federal prosecutors have alleged that Gupta hired a hitman to kill Pannun and paid $15,000 in advance.

Nikhil Gupta, accused in 'Pannun murder' plot, extradited to US

Federal prosecutors have alleged that Gupta hired a hitman to kill Pannun and paid $15,000 in advance.

Indian national Nikhil Gupta, who is accused of being involved in murder-for-hire plot against a Sikh separatist, has been extradited from Czech Republic, media reports said Sunday.
Gupta, 52, was arrested in the Czech Republic last year at the request of the US government on charges of being involved in a plot to assassinate Sikh separatist Gurpatwant Singh Pannun. He is expected to be produced before a federal court in New York on Monday.
Gupta is currently lodged at the federal Metropolitan Detention Centre in Brooklyn, where he is listed as an inmate. The Washington Post was the first news outlet to report his extradition.
&ldquo;Gupta, who had been detained in the Czech Republic, arrived in New York over the weekend, according to people familiar with the matter who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss sensitive legal proceedings. Typically, extradited defendants must appear in court within a day of their arrival in the country,&rdquo; the daily said.
Federal prosecutors allege that Gupta hired a hitman to kill Pannun and paid USD 15,000 in advance. They allege that an unnamed Indian government official was involved in it.
Gupta&rsquo;s extradition comes ahead of the New Delhi visit of US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan for the annual ICET dialogue. The issue is expected to be raised by Sullivan before his Indian counterpart Ajit Doval.
India has denied its involvement in such a case and has instituted an investigation into the allegations.
Gupta through his attorney has denied the charges and has said that he has been "unfairly charged".
&ldquo;Gupta&rsquo;s attorney, Rohini Musa, wrote in a petition to the Indian Supreme Court that her client is being unfairly prosecuted, saying there is &ldquo;nothing on record to link the Petitioner to the massive alleged plot to assassinate the alleged victim,&rdquo; The Washington Post said.
&ldquo;Musa complained that Gupta received adverse legal advice from a Czech government-appointed attorney &ldquo;under the undue influence of &hellip; U.S. Agencies&rdquo; during the initial phase of his detention. She said India and the United States were &ldquo;going back and forth to blame each other for their foreign policy,&rdquo; the daily reported.
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The US govt has been ordered by a New York court to reply to a motion seeking release of evidence against an Indian man charged for allegedly plotting to kill Pannu. 

New York court asks US govt to submit proof against Indian charged in Pannun murder plot

The US govt has been ordered by a New York court to reply to a motion seeking release of evidence against an Indian man charged for allegedly plotting to kill Pannu

The US govt has been ordered by a New York court to reply to a motion seeking release of evidence against an Indian man charged for allegedly plotting to kill Pannu.&nbsp;

The US government has objected to providing defence materials to Indian national Nikhil Gupta, detained in a Czech prison on murder-for-hire charges in a foiled assassination attempt on a Khalistani extremist, saying it will provide the information only upon his appearance in a New York court and arraignment in the case.
Gupta, 52, was charged by federal prosecutors here in an indictment unsealed in November last year with working with an Indian government employee in the foiled plot to kill Khalistani separatist Gurpatwant Singh Pannun, who holds dual US and Canadian citizenships, on American soil.
Gupta was arrested in Prague, the Czech Republic on June 30, 2023 and is being held there currently. The US government is seeking his extradition to America.
Gupta&rsquo;s attorney filed a &lsquo;Motion to Compel Production of Discovery&rsquo; on January 4 in the US District Court, Southern District of New York requesting the Court to direct federal prosecutors to provide &ldquo;the defence materials relevant to its ability to defend the instant charges.&rdquo; US District Judge Victor Marrero had on January 8 given the government three days&rsquo; time to respond to the motion filed by Gupta&rsquo;s attorney. The government, in its reply filed with the district court Wednesday, said Gupta&rsquo;s motion asking for discovery material should be denied.
&ldquo;The government respectfully submits this letter in opposition to defendant Nikhil Gupta&rsquo;s motion to compel discovery during the pendency of his extradition proceedings in the Czech Republic,&rdquo; federal prosecutors said.
They said that consistent with federal rules of criminal procedure, &ldquo;the government is prepared to produce discovery promptly upon the defendant&rsquo;s appearance in this District and arraignment on this case. Before then, however, the defendant is not entitled to discovery, and he identifies no good reason for the Court to order it.&rdquo; In the government&rsquo;s response, US Attorney Damian Williams said that Gupta has identified no legal entitlement or justification for discovery at this time.
&ldquo;The government stands ready to provide discovery to him, like any other criminal defendant, promptly upon his appearance and arraignment in this District. His motion to compel discovery should be denied,&rdquo; Williams said.
Gupta&rsquo;s counsel in New York Jeff Chabrowe has said in his motion that the attorney representing Gupta in Prague in his extradition proceedings states that &ldquo;no evidence or documentation of any sort has been given to him other than the US indictment itself.&rdquo; He said Gupta has been interviewed in Prague &ldquo;by groups of senior US agents on several occasions and continues to be interviewed.&rdquo; &ldquo;An order compelling discovery is particularly appropriate here&rdquo; as Gupta &ldquo;is being subject to repeated interrogations by US officials without the presence of the counsel representing him in his criminal case," the motion by Chabrowe said.
"The defence counsel present in Prague has no evidence or other case materials, other than the bare indictment. Most critically, the defendant continues (to be) interrogated by US officials, after the indictment, where his uninformed counsel has no ability to secure his rights. Accordingly, this Court should order the government to comply with the defence discovery request here,&rdquo; the motion said.
Gupta's motion said a municipal court in Prague has initially recommended extradition, "but several layers of judicial review remain before any final extradition order issues." It added that in the interim, Chabrowe asked the US Attorney's office to begin providing discovery but the US Attorney for the Southern District of New York "refuses to do so." The government, in its motion, rejected Gupta&rsquo;s assertion that he has been subjected to repeated interrogations by US officials without the presence of the counsel representing him in his criminal case.
&ldquo;In fact, he has met only twice with US law enforcement authorities, the second time in the presence of counsel, and on both occasions, he was advised of his rights. In the first meeting, immediately after his arrest, the defendant waived his rights verbally and spoke with law enforcement agents.&rdquo; The government said that the second meeting occurred in the presence of Gupta&rsquo;s counsel in the Czech Republic, and when he declined to be interviewed, the meeting concluded.
India has already constituted a probe committee to investigate the allegations.

The Czech Republic has told the Indian Express that Indian courts have no jurisdiction in Nikhil Gupta's case.

Indian courts don't have jurisdiction in Nikhil Gupta case: Czech Republic

The Czech Republic has told the Indian Express that Indian courts have no jurisdiction in Nikhil Gupta's case.

The Czech Republic has said that Indian courts have no jurisdiction in Nikhil Gupta's case, the Indian Express has reported.&nbsp;
The family of the Indian man accused by US of plotting to kill a Khalistani leader in New York had filed a petition in India's Supreme Court on December 15 seeking its intervention.&nbsp;
Gupta is currently in a Czech jail after being arrested on landing in Prague on June 30. Czech authorities said that the arrest had been made at the behest of US officials.&nbsp;
The Indian Express reported that the Czech Ministry of Justice denied claims that Gupta was not given access to India's consular officials or that he was forced to eat pork and beef inspite of being a vegetarian.&nbsp;
'The Ministry of Justice of the Czech Republic does not have any information, nor has received any complaints from Mr Nikhil Gupta or his defence counsel that he was not allowed to contact the consular office of the Republic of India (if he has requested for it). Likewise, the Ministry of Justice of the Czech Republic does not have any information, nor has received any complaints that Mr Nikhil Gupta has been provided with an inappropriate diet,' the Indian Express qupted the Czech spokesperson as saying.&nbsp;
Family of Nikhil Gupta told the Supreme Court of India on December 15 that he is being threatened.
They said that Nikhil Gupta was not arrested at the immigration as per norm on his arrival in Prague but outside the airport by people claiming to be 'American agents' after all the formalities were over.&nbsp;
His family has claimed that Gupta was arrested illegally and that he is being forced to eat beef and pork despite being a vegetarian.&nbsp;
The family's plea also claims that the Indian Embassy in Prague had not been informed about Gupta's arrest or detention.&nbsp;
He, his family has claimed, was also not allowed to contact his family and his phone was seized.&nbsp;
Gupta's family has asked the Supreme Court to intervene in the matter and also in the process of his extradition to the US.&nbsp;
US federal prosecutors on November 29 charged Indian national Nikhil Gupta with working with an Indian government employee in the foiled plot to kill Gurpatwant Singh Pannun, a Sikh extremist, who is an American and Canadian citizen.
(with PTI inputs)
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A plea filed by the family of the Indian charged by US in a murder plot that he was wrongfully arrested

Family of Indian arrested in US murder plan alleges threats, rights violation

A plea filed by the family of the Indian charged by US in a murder plot that he was wrongfully arrested

Family of Nikhil Gupta, the Indian indicted by the US for allegedly being a part of a conspiracy to kill a Khalistani leader in New York, has told the Supreme Court of India that he is being threatened.&nbsp;
Gupta was arrested in Prague on June 30 by 'American agents'. They said that Nikhil Gupta was not arrested at the immigration as per norm on his arrival in Prague but outside the airport by people claiming to be 'American agents' after all the formalities were over.&nbsp;
His family has claimed that Gupta was arrested illegally and that he is being forced to eat beef and pork despite being a vegetarian.&nbsp;
The family's plea also claims that the Indian Embassy in Prague had not been informed about Gupta's arrest or detention.&nbsp;
He, his family has claimed, was also not allowed to contact his family and his phone was seized.&nbsp;
Gupta's family has asked the Supreme Court to intervene in the matter and also in the process of his extradition to the US.&nbsp;
US federal prosecutors on November 29 charged Indian national Nikhil Gupta with working with an Indian government employee in the foiled plot to kill Gurpatwant Singh Pannun, a Sikh extremist, who is an American and Canadian citizen.
(with PTI inputs)
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The superseding indictment filed in the alleged plot to kill a Sikh separatist notes that the arrested Indian citizen Nikhil Gupta had reached out to a mole of the law enforcement agencies to hire a hitman for the assassination.

What are charges against Nikhil Gupta, man accused by US in 'assassination' plot

The superseding indictment filed in the alleged plot to kill a Sikh separatist notes that the arrested Indian citizen Nikhil Gupta had reached out to a mole of the law enforcement agencies to hire a hitman for the assassination.

The US government affidavit in a New York court has noted that arrested Indian citizen Nikhil Gupta allegedly conspired with a number of others, at least one of whom is believed to be an official in India.
The charges against Gupta will build on a bare-bones indictment, filed in mid-June and unsealed in July, which alleged that he coordinated a USD15,000 advance payment to a purported hitman&rsquo;s associate.
It said Gupta was hired by the unnamed Indian official in or about May this year to orchestrate the assassination of a vocal critic of the Indian government and leads a U.S.-based organization that advocates for the secession of Punjab Gupta. It said Gupta then contacted an individual whom he believed to be a criminal associate, for assistance in contracting a hitman.
It said Gupta was given personal information of the person to be killed by the unnamed Indian official. The indictment stated that Gupta specifically instructed the hitman not to commit the murder around the time of anticipated engagements scheduled to occur in the ensuing weeks between high-level U.S. and Indian government officials.
On or about June 18, masked gunmen murdered Hardeep Singh Nijjar outside a Sikh temple in British Columbia in Canada. Nijjar was an associate of the person who was to be killed in the US Gupta is charged with murder-for-hire and conspiracy to commit murder-for-hire.
Each count carries a maximum statutory penalty of 10 years in prison. A federal district court judge will determine any sentence after considering the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines and other statutory factors.
The indictment has not named the US citizen but The Financial Times, citing unnamed sources, last week reported that US authorities thwarted a plot to assassinate banned Sikhs for Justice&rsquo;s Gurpatwant Singh Pannun, and issued a warning to the Indian government over concerns it was involved in the plot.

While the US indictment does not mention the target, reports say that it was Gurpatwant Singh Pannun, the leader of the Sikhs for Justice organisation. 

Indian Nikhil Gupta charged by US: what indictment says about 'assassination' plot

While the US indictment does not mention the target, reports say that it was Gurpatwant Singh Pannun, the leader of the Sikhs for Justice organisation.

While the US indictment does not mention the target, reports say that it was Gurpatwant Singh Pannun, the leader of the Sikhs for Justice organisation.

The United States has charged an Indian man for allegedly being involved in a plot to kill an American citizen in New York. The documents submitted by the US say that the target was a Sikh activist who advocated for a separate state of Khalistan.&nbsp;
US has claimed that an Indian government employee contacted Nikhil Gupta in May 2023 and &lsquo;recruited GUPTA to orchestrate the assassination of the Victim in the United States. &lsquo;
&lsquo;In or about May 2023, CC-1 recruited GUPTA to orchestrate the assassination of the Victim in the United States. &nbsp;The Victim is a vocal critic of the Indian government and leads a U.S.-based organization that advocates for the secession of Punjab, a state in northern India that is home to a large population of Sikhs, an ethnoreligious minority group in India,&rsquo; a press release on the US Justice Department website says.&nbsp;
The document adds that Gupta contacted an individual he believed to be a &lsquo;criminal associate&rsquo; but he was a &lsquo;confidential source&rsquo; working with the American Drug Enforcement Agency. Gupta wanted the associate to help him contract a hitman for the alleged assassination plot.&nbsp;
The associate introduced Gupta to a &lsquo;purported hitman, who was in fact a DEA undercover officer&rsquo;.&nbsp;
The indictment filed by the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York says that the India government employee agreed through Nikhil Gupta to pay the &lsquo;hitman&rsquo; $100,000 for assassination.
&lsquo;In or about June 2023&rsquo;, the Indian govt employee gave Gupta personal information about the target including his number, address and schedule. Gupta then passed the details to the &lsquo;hitman&rsquo;. The US document says Gupta sent the Indian government employee regular surveillance photographs of the target.&nbsp;
US prosecutors have said that Gupta asked the &lsquo;hitman&rsquo;, who was a US undercover agent, to carry out the murder as soon as possible but asked him not to do anything &lsquo;around the time of anticipated engagements scheduled to occur in the ensuing weeks between high-level U.S. and Indian government officials.&rsquo;
On June 20, 2023 &ndash; two days after Sikh leader Hardeep Singh Nijjar was killed in Canada &ndash; Gupta sent the &lsquo;hitman&rsquo; a news article on the target and said the assassination was now a priority.&nbsp;
The indictment has not named the US citizen but The Financial Times, citing unnamed sources, last week reported that US authorities thwarted a plot to assassinate banned Sikhs for Justice&rsquo;s Gurpatwant Singh Pannun, and issued a warning to the Indian government over concerns it was involved in the plot.
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India said the filing of charges against an Indian man in US is a matter of concern.

Nikhil Gupta charged in US | matter of concern, contrary to govt policy: India

India said the filing of charges against an Indian man in the US is a matter of concern.

Responding to the case filed against an Indian man Nikhil Gupta in the US, New Delhi said that it is a matter of concern and contrary to government policy.
MEA Spokesperson Arindam Bagchi said, "As regards the case against an individual that has been filed in a US court, allegedly linking him to an Indian official, this is a matter of concern. We have said that this is also contrary to government policy. The nexus between organised crime, trafficking, gunrunning and extremists at an international level is a serious issue for the law enforcement agencies and organisations to consider and it is for that reason that a high-level inquiry committee has been constituted and we will be guided by its results."
Regarding Canada's allegations against India, Bagchi said, "MEA Spokesperson Arindam Bagchi says, "In so far as Canada is concerned, we have said that they have consistently given space to anti-India extremists and that is actually the heart of the issue. Our diplomatic representatives in Canada have borne the brunt of this. So, we expect the Government of Canada to live up to its obligations under the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations. We have also seen interference by Canadian diplomats in our internal affairs and that is unacceptable."

US prosecutors said Nikhil Gupta agreed to the foiled assassination plot after being assured that a criminal case against him in Gujarat would be dismissed.

Indian man agreed to murder plot to get relief in Gujarat case: US prosecutors

US prosecutors said Nikhil Gupta agreed to the foiled assassination plot after being assured that a criminal case against him in Gujarat would be dismissed.

An Indian national, charged in connection with a plan to assassinate a Sikh separatist on American soil, agreed to the plot after being assured that a criminal case against him in Gujarat would be dismissed, federal prosecutors here have alleged.
Nikhil Gupta, 52, has been charged with murder-for-hire in connection with his participation in a foiled plot to assassinate a US citizen in New York City, according to a superseding indictment unsealed Wednesday in the US District Court for the Southern District of New York.
While the indictment does not name the US citizen who was the target of the assassination plot, The Financial Times, citing unnamed sources, last week reported that US authorities thwarted a plot to assassinate banned Sikhs for Justice&rsquo;s Gurpatwant Singh Pannun, and issued a warning to the Indian government over concerns it was involved in the plot.
In the indictment, prosecutors outline how Gupta agreed to the plot after being assured that a criminal case against him in Gujarat would be dismissed.
"Beginning in or about early May 2023, in a series of telephonic and electronic communications between CC-1 and Gupta over encrypted applications, CC-1 asked Gupta to arrange the murder of the Victim in exchange for CC-1's assistance in securing the dismissal of a criminal case against Gupta in India. Gupta agreed to orchestrate the assassination. In addition to their electronic communications, Gupta also met CC-1 in person in New Delhi in furtherance of the plot,&rdquo; the indictment said.
Prosecutors have said that CC-1 is an &ldquo;Indian government employee&rdquo; who directed the plot from India to assassinate on US soil &ldquo;an attorney and political activist who is a US citizen of Indian-origin residing in New York City," described as &ldquo;the victim&rdquo; in the indictment.
&ldquo;On or about May 6, 2023, at the outset of their conversation over a particular encrypted messaging application, CC-1 wrote Gupta: "This is (CC-1)... Save my name as (CC- 1 Alias)." Gupta saved the telephone number on Gupta&rsquo;s phone under an alias for CC-1. A few minutes later, CC-1 messaged Gupta that CC-1 had a "target in New York" and another target in &ldquo;California&rdquo;, the indictment said.
The indictment added that around "May 12, 2023, CC-1 notified Gupta that his criminal case "has already been taken care of," and that "nobody from Gujrat police is calling." On or about May 23, 2023, CC-1 again assured Gupta that CC-1 had "spoke[n] with the boss about your Gujarat (case)," that it was "all clear," and "nobody will ever bother you again." CC-1 further offered to arrange a meeting between Gupta and a "DCP," which is an acronym used in India for Deputy Commissioner of Police.&rdquo; &ldquo;Following CC-1 's assurances, GUPTA pressed forward to arrange the murder,&rdquo; the indictment said.
The murder-for-hire charge against Gupta carries a maximum sentence of 10 years in prison, and conspiracy to commit murder-for-hire carries a maximum sentence of 10 years in prison.
The indictment said that at CC-1&rsquo;s direction, Gupta contacted an individual whom he believed to be a criminal associate, but who was in fact a confidential source working with the DEA for assistance in contracting a hitman to murder the Victim in New York City.
The confidential source introduced Gupta to a purported hitman, who was in fact a DEA undercover officer.
CC-1 subsequently agreed in dealings brokered by Gupta to pay the undercover officer USD 100,000 to murder the Victim. Around June 9, 2023, CC-1 and Gupta arranged for an associate to deliver USD 15,000 in cash to the undercover officer as an advance payment for the murder. CC-1&rsquo;s associate then delivered the $15,000 to the undercover officer in Manhattan.
Gupta, described as an &ldquo;international narcotics trafficker&rdquo; was arrested in the Czech Republic at the request of the United States in June 2023 in connection with his participation in the plot.

What US indictment of Indian Nikhil Gupta says about Nijjar killing

While the US indictment does not mention the target, reports say that it was Gurpatwant Singh Pannun, the leader of the Sikhs for Justice organisation.

The United State has charged an Indian national named Nikhil Gupta for being involved in an alleged plot to assassinate a Sikh leader who is also an American citizen on American soil.&nbsp;
A press release on the indictment posted on the US Department of Justice's website also mentions the murder of Khalistani leader Hardeep Singh Nijjar in Canada.&nbsp;
It says that on June 19, 2023 - a day after Nijjar's killing - Nikhil Gupta told the 'hitman' he had allegedly hired to kill the US Sikh leader that Nijjar was also one of the targets and that they have many targets. US has said that the 'hitman' was their undercover agent. The US statement also says that Gupta told the 'hitman' that there was no need to wait to kill the target in the light of Nijjar's murder.&nbsp;
The indictment has not named the US citizen but The Financial Times, citing unnamed sources, last week reported that US authorities thwarted a plot to assassinate banned Sikhs for Justice&rsquo;s Gurpatwant Singh Pannun, and issued a warning to the Indian government over concerns it was involved in the plot.
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