Overview

• New court papers in New York allege Nikhil Gupta and Indian officer Vikash Yadav discussed a second killing in Nepal or Pakistan beyond the alleged plot against U.S.-based activist Gurpatwant Singh Pannun.
• Prosecutors seek to introduce evidence of money laundering, credit-card fraud, and narcotics and weapons trafficking as part of a broader case against Gupta.
• The filing says the case rests on hundreds of WhatsApp messages, emails, and Google records, along with testimony from a confidential source and an undercover officer.
• Gupta was arrested in the Czech Republic in June 2023, extradited to the United States in 2024, has pleaded not guilty, and is set for trial in the Southern District of New York on November 3.
• Yadav, identified as a deputed Indian security officer removed from his post, remains in India under a U.S. arrest warrant, while India denies state involvement and Canada has charged four men in Hardeep Singh Nijjar’s 2023 killing.