Indian citizen Nikhil Gupta has been accused of conspiring to murder Khalistani separatist Gurpatwant Singh Pannu.
America says that Gupta did this on the instructions of Indian officials. Now big information regarding this matter has come to light in the report of Indian Express.
According to this, Gupta was sent to America from the high security prison facility in Prague in mid-November itself. This incident happened a few days before the case was registered in the New York Court regarding the conspiracy case.
Nikhil Gupta, 52, was at Prague airport when he was arrested by Czech Republic authorities and taken into custody on June 30.
It is said that Gupta was in Czech Republic in connection with business and tourism. But, the Czech National Drug Authority got the news which was in relation to the allegations against him regarding drug trafficking.
After being detained, the Czech authorities informed the Indian Embassy in Prague. It was told that the Indian citizen has been detained on the basis of the order of the US court.
Embassy had no news about Gupta
According to the report, the Indian Embassy had no specific information about Gupta’s exploits at that time. Consular help was provided to him by the Embassy.
They obtained Gupta’s passport details so that his identity and citizenship could be verified. Let it be known that all this is a routine process. After this, Gupta’s citizenship was confirmed by the Indian Mission.
During this period, the officials of the Czech Authority continued to strictly investigate the allegations against Gupta. Gupta is said to have hired his own lawyer in Prague to represent him before the Czech criminal justice system.
Accused of giving contract to murder Pannu in exchange of 1 lakh dollars
Let us tell you that a charge has been filed in the American court in connection with the allegations against Nikhil Gupta regarding the conspiracy to murder Pannu.
In this, Gupta is accused of giving contract for the murder of an American citizen in exchange of 1 lakh dollars cash. According to the document, Gupta contacted a hitman in America and gave him a contract to kill the Sikh separatist leader. He did all this at the behest of an officer working for the Government of India. It said that during a conversation with an Indian official, Gupta had revealed that he was involved in international smuggling of narcotics and weapons.