{"id":5014,"date":"2026-02-14T05:07:34","date_gmt":"2026-02-14T05:07:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ventil.rs\/blog\/world\/indian-nationalist-pleads-guilty-in-new-york-over-alleged-plot-against-sikh-separatist-such-tv\/"},"modified":"2026-02-14T05:07:34","modified_gmt":"2026-02-14T05:07:34","slug":"indian-nationalist-pleads-guilty-in-new-york-over-alleged-plot-against-sikh-separatist-such-tv","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ventil.rs\/blog\/world\/indian-nationalist-pleads-guilty-in-new-york-over-alleged-plot-against-sikh-separatist-such-tv\/","title":{"rendered":"Indian nationalist pleads guilty in New York over alleged plot against Sikh separatist &#8211; SUCH TV"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<br \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">An Indian man charged with orchestrating an unsuccessful Indian government-backed plot to kill a Sikh separatist in New York City pleaded guilty on Friday to three criminal charges, a spokesperson for the US Attorney&#8217;s Office in Manhattan said.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Nikhil Gupta, 54, pleaded guilty to murder-for-hire, conspiracy to commit murder-for-hire and conspiracy to commit money laundering, which carry a maximum combined sentence of 40 years in prison, the spokesperson said.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Gupta entered his plea before US Magistrate Judge Sarah Netburn in Manhattan federal court.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Lawyers for Gupta were not immediately available for comment.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Gupta has been jailed in Brooklyn since his June 2024 extradition to the United States from the Czech Republic, where he had been arrested a year earlier.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">He had pleaded not guilty immediately after his extradition.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">US prosecutors accused Gupta of plotting with an Indian government official to kill Gurpatwant Singh Pannun, a US resident and dual US-Canadian citizen who advocated for a sovereign Sikh state in northern India.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">India&#8217;s government has dissociated itself from any plot against Pannun, saying it was against government policy.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The discovery of alleged assassination plots against Sikh separatists in the United States and Canada has tested relations with India, which has also denied involvement in such plots.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.suchtv.pk\/world\/item\/135217-indian-nationalist-pleads-guilty-in-new-york-over-alleged-plot-against-sikh-separatist.html\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An Indian man charged with orchestrating an unsuccessful Indian government-backed plot to kill a Sikh separatist in New York City pleaded guilty on Friday to three criminal charges, a spokesperson for the US Attorney&#8217;s Office in Manhattan said. 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