Indian government official allegedly paid $100k for assassination of Sikh activist in NYC
by Mike Bedigan
Nov 30, 2023
3 minutes
An Indian government official allegedly paid $100,000 for a plot to assassinate a prominent Sikh separatist leader in New York City, authorities have said.
US officials became aware of the alleged plot to kill Gurpatwant Singh Pannun, who is considered a terrorist by the Indian government, last spring.
The unnamed government official was mentioned in an indictment, unsealed in Manhattan federal court, that charged Nikhil Gupta, 52, an Indian national who had lived in India, with murder-for-hire and conspiracy to
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