U.S. Expands Case Against Nikhil Gupta With Trafficking Counts and Alleged Links to Wider Assassination Plot
Prosecutors cite digital records showing coordination with an Indian security officer, extending the case beyond New York.
Overview
- New SDNY filings seek to introduce evidence of narcotics and weapons trafficking, money laundering, and credit card fraud tied to Gupta.
- Prosecutors allege Gupta worked with Vikash Yadav, identified as a CRPF officer on deputation to R&AW, to solicit killings.
- Court documents link the pair to the 2023 killing of Sikh activist Hardeep Singh Nijjar in Canada and to plans for additional murders.
- The government says the alleged plot included a target in Nepal or Pakistan and involved hundreds of WhatsApp messages and emails.
- Gupta, arrested in the Czech Republic and extradited to the U.S., has pleaded not guilty; his SDNY trial is set for November 3, while Yadav remains in India under a U.S. arrest warrant.