According to a U.S. District Court spokeswoman, Indian national Nikhil Gupta, who was accused in a plot to assassinate a Sikh separatist, has been extradited to the U.S.
An extradited Indian national has been charged with aiding and abetting the murder of a U.S. citizen in New York City.
Nikhil Gupta is expected to appear in court on federal murder-for-hire allegations on Monday in the lower Manhattan courthouse, according to a U.S. District Court spokeswoman.
According to the Justice Department, Gupta, 52, is a friend of a "senior field officer" in the Indian government, and the two of them collaborated on the plan to kill a Sikh separatist and opponent of the Indian government in New York City.
According to The Associated Press, the critic has been identified as Gurpatwant Singh Pannun, whom Indian authorities have designated as a terrorist.
According to officials, Pannun, who is thought to be the intended target of the alleged conspiracy, supports an autonomous P...
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