DOJ Charges Man Allegedly Hired by India to Assassinate Sikh Separatist on US Soil

A law enforcement officer posing as a hitman was offered $100,000 to kill a leader of an NYC-based Sikh separatist orgnization.

The U.S. Department of Justice building in Washington on March 28, 2023. Madalina Vasiliu/The Epoch Times

An Indian man has been charged for allegedly working for the Indian government to assassinate a U.S. citizen in New York City who advocates for the Sikh separatist movement, federal prosecutors said on Wednesday.

Nikhil “Nick” Gupta, a 52-year-old Indian national, was charged with murder-for-hire over the foiled plot, according to the indictment released by the U.S. Department of Justice. Mr. Gupta was involved in international narcotics and weapons trafficking before he was allegedly recruited by an Indian government employee in May to pursue the assassination scheme.