Sikh separatist murder plot: Indian suspect Nikhil Gupta extradited to US from Czech Republic
Gupta has been accused of conspiring with an Indian government official to kill separatist leader Gurpatwant Singh Pannun.
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An Indian citizen suspected by American authorities of conspiring to assassinate a Sikh separatist in New York has been extradited to the United States from the Czech Republic, Reuters reported on Monday.
A search on the Bureau of Prisons website reportedly showed that the Indian national, Nikhil Gupta, was lodged at the Metropolitan Detention Center, Brooklyn. The news agency also quoted an unidentified source familiar with the matter who confirmed that the 52-year-old had been extradited and was detained in Brooklyn.
Gupta has been accused of conspiring with an Indian government official to kill Sikh separatist Gurpatwant Singh Pannun.
On May 22, the top court of the Czech Republic had allowed Gupta to be extradited to the United States. The Constitutional Court of the Czech Republic said it did not find any circumstance that would lead to a violation of constitutionally guaranteed fundamental rights and freedoms if he were to be extradited.
Czech authorities had arrested Gupta on June 30 at the request of the United States when he travelled from India to Prague.
On November 29, the US Attorney’s Office, Southern District of New York, announced that it had filed “murder-for-hire charges” against Gupta in connection with his alleged participation in a thwarted plot to assassinate Pannun.
It alleged that the 52-year-old had been recruited by an Indian...
