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The US Department of Justice has filed a charge sheet against an Indian citizen in the alleged failed plot to kill Khalistani terrorist Gurpatwant Singh Pannu. It is alleged that he had given the contract for Pannu’s murder. Pannu lives in New York and plots against India from here. Pannu has not been named in the case, but the Indian national is accused of ‘conspiracy to kill a Sikh separatist leader’.
A case was registered against 52-year-old Nikhil Gupta for attempting to kill a Sikh separatist leader, considered a terrorist in India. American officials claim that he has also accepted all the charges. Southern New York District Attorney Matthew G. Nikhil Gupta, an Indian national, is accused of conspiring to kill Pannu with betel nuts, Olson said.
Indian citizen arrested from Czech Republic
The charge of conspiracy to murder and supplying betel carries a maximum sentence of ten years in prison. Apart from these, the charges of conspiracy to murder by giving betel can carry a maximum sentence of ten years. It is alleged that Nikhil Gupta had paid one lakh dollars for Pannu’s murder. On June 9 this year, an Indian citizen was allegedly given a betel nut for the murder of Gurpatwant Singh. Gupta was arrested by Czech authorities on June 30. The Indian national was arrested under the extradition treaty between the US and the Czech Republic.
A betel nut of one hundred thousand dollars
A deal was entered into with the killer for one lakh dollars and an advance of 15 thousand dollars was also arranged. The amount was allegedly paid in cash. In the case, Gurpatwant Singh Pannu has been described as a separatist leader. A few days ago, ‘The Financial Times’ claimed in one of its reports that the American authorities have foiled the assassination attempts of the ‘separatist leader’. The US had also warned the Indian government for this attempt. Let us tell that Gurpatwant Singh Pannu has American citizenship and in such a situation America says that the killing of any American citizen on American soil will not be tolerated.
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