Indian Man Charged For Attempted Murder-For-Hire On Sikh Activist
One AmericaNOV 20 2023
Gupta, 52, was arrested in the Czech Republic in June and is awaiting extradition to the US, where he faces charges of murder-for-hire and conspiracy to commit murder-for-hire.Yadav's indictment was unsealed in a Manhattan court. Attorney General Merrick B Garland said will DOJ hold accountable those looking to harm Americans.
The indictment alleges that an unnamed Indian government employee, described as a "senior field officer" with intelligence responsibilities, directed the assassination plot from India.FBI Director Christopher Wray Thursday also warned that the agency "will not tolerate acts of violence" against US residents exercising constitutional rights.
The alleged plot was uncovered when Gupta unknowingly contacted a US Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) informant to hire a hitman, who was actually an undercover DEA agent.The plot was blown in 2023 when one Nikhil Gupta contacted a hitman — an undercover DEA agent — to kill Pannun, head of New York-based Sikhs for Justice.
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