‘Matter of concern,’ India on US indicting Indian national Nikhil Gupta in ‘plot to kill’

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Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) Spokesperson Arindam Bagchi on Thursday said that the case against an individual that has been filed in a US court, allegedly linking him to an Indian official, is a ‘matter of concern’. As reported by ANI, Bagchi said, "As regards the case against an individual that has been filed in a US court, allegedly linking him to an Indian official, this is a matter of concern.

We have said that this is also contrary to government policy. He added, “The nexus between organised crime, trafficking, gunrunning and extremists at an international level is a serious issue for the law enforcement agencies and organisations to consider and it is for that reason that a high-level inquiry committee has been constituted and we will be guided by its results." Also Read: US charges Indian govt official for plotting to kill Khalistani separatist Gurpatwant Pannun Earlier on November 29, United States authorities charged an Indian government-hired official with murder-for-hire charges for an attempt to kill Khalistani separatist and leader of banned Sikhs For Justice (SFJ) outfit Gurpatwant Singh Pannun on American soil.

The United States considers the 52-year-old Indian individual, arrested in the Czech Republic in June, to be a key figure in a plot to assassinate a Sikh leader on US soil. Identified as Gupta, he faces charges related to the conspiracy to murder a US citizen of Indian origin.

Also Read: Who is Nikhil Gupta, arrested for planning to kill Khalistani leader Gurpatwant Singh Pannun in US? As reported by ANI, Gupta is currently in custody and has been charged with murder-for-hire, which carries a maximum sentence of 10 years in prison. Czech authorities had arrested and detained Gupta on June 30,