Nikhil Gupta extradited to US: A big news is coming out in the case of conspiracy to murder Khalistan's Gurpatwant Singh Pannu. In which Indian citizen Nikhil Gupta has now been handed over to America from Czech Republic. This claim has been made in media reports. Nikhil is accused of plotting the murder of Sikh separatist and Khalistani Pannu.
He is expected to appear in federal court in New York today
Nikhil Gupta, accused of plotting the murder of Khalistan's Gurpatwant Singh Pannu, has been extradited to the US. Gupta, 52, was arrested in the Czech Republic last year at the request of the US government on charges of plotting to murder Sikh separatist Gurpatwant Singh Pannu. He is expected to appear in a federal court in New York today. Gupta is currently being held at the Federal Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn, where he is listed as an inmate.
He was arrested on June 30
Nikhil Gupta was arrested in the Czech Republic on June 30 at the request of the US. On his arrest, the then Foreign Ministry spokesperson Arindam Bagchi had said that an Indian citizen is currently in the custody of the Czech Republic. An application for his extradition is currently pending.
These are the allegations against Nikhil Gupta
The name of Indian citizen Nikhil Gupta had surfaced in the alleged conspiracy to murder Pannu. US officials allege that Nikhil Gupta conspired to murder Pannu in the US at the behest of an unknown official of the Indian government. After this, the US started taking action against Nikhil Gupta. On America's appeal, the Czech Republic arrested Nikhil Gupta and started preparing for his extradition.