Overview

• A new motion in the Southern District of New York sets out additional allegations against Nikhil Gupta involving money laundering, credit card fraud, and trafficking in drugs and weapons.
• Prosecutors say Gupta and former deputed Indian security officer Vikash Yadav discussed a second killing in Nepal or Pakistan beyond the alleged plot to target Gurpatwant Singh Pannun in New York.
• The filing links the pair to the 2023 killing of Hardeep Singh Nijjar in Canada as part of a larger plan to target members of the Sikh separatist movement.
• Evidence cited includes hundreds of WhatsApp messages between Gupta and Yadav, recorded communications with an undercover officer and a confidential source, and certified Google email records obtained via warrant.
• Gupta, arrested in the Czech Republic in June 2023 and extradited to the U.S. in 2024, has pleaded not guilty and faces trial on November 3, while Yadav was removed from his post in India and remains wanted under a U.S. arrest warrant.