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New Delhi: Indian National Nikhil Gupta suspected by the U.S. of involvement in an unsuccessful plot to kill a Sikh separatist on American soil has been extradited to the United States from the Czech Republic, according to the federal Bureau of Prisons website and a source familiar with the matter.<\/p>\n
Nikhil Gupta has been accused by U.S. federal prosecutors of plotting with an Indian government official to kill Gurpatwant Singh Pannun, a U.S. resident who advocated for a sovereign Sikh state in northern India.<\/p>\n
Gupta traveled to Prague from India last June and was arrested by Czech authorities. Last month, a Czech court rejected his petition to avoid being sent to the U.S., clearing the way for the Czech justice minister to extradite him.<\/p>\n
An inmate search by name on the Bureau of Prisons website showed on Sunday that Gupta, 52, is being held at the Metropolitan Detention Center, Brooklyn, a federal administrative detention facility. A source familiar with the matter, who did not want to be identified, separately confirmed Gupta\u2019s extradition and his detention in Brooklyn.<\/p>\n
A U.S. Justice Department spokesperson declined to comment. Gupta\u2019s U.S.-based lawyer, attorney Jeffrey Chabrowe, had no immediate comment. There was also no immediate comment from Czech authorities.<\/p>\n
The discovery of assassination plots against Sikh separatists in the U.S. and Canada has tested relations with India, seen by Western nations as a counter to China\u2019s rising global influence. India\u2019s government denies involvement in the plots.<\/p>\n
Canada said in September its intelligence agencies were pursuing allegations linking India\u2019s government to the murder of Sikh separatist leader Hardeep Singh Nijjar in June 2023 in Canada.<\/p>\n
In November, U.S. authorities said an Indian government official had directed the plot in the attempted murder of Pannun, who is a U.S. and Canadian citizen. Gupta is accused of involvement in that plot.<\/p>\n
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