According to media reports, Nikhil Gupta, an Indian national accused of the contract killing of Gurpatwant Singh Pannun, founder of the banned Sikh separatist Khalistan organisation Sikhs for Justice, has been extradited from the Czech Republic to the US. Gupta (52) was arrested in the Czech Republic on June 30 last year at the request of the US government. He is scheduled to appear in federal court in New York on Monday. Gupta is currently being held at the Metropolitan Detention Centre in Brooklyn. The Washington Post, citing anonymous sources, first reported his extradition.
"Mr. Gupta, who was jailed in the Czech Republic, arrived in New York over the weekend, according to the people, who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss sensitive court proceedings. Extradited defendants must typically appear in court within a day of entering the country," the paper said.
Federal prosecutors have alleged that Gupta hired a hit man and paid him $15,000 up front to kill Pannun. They also allege that an unnamed Indian government official was involved. Mr. Gupta's extradition coincides with U.S. National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan's planned visit to New Delhi for the ICET dialogue and to discuss the issue with his Indian counterpart Ajit Doval.
India has denied any involvement and has launched an investigation into the allegations. Gupta, through his lawyer Rohini Mutha, has denied the charges and said he was wrongly accused. In her petition to the Indian Supreme Court, Mutha argued that there was no evidence linking Gupta to the alleged conspiracy.
She also alleged that Gupta had received poor legal advice during his detention from lawyers appointed by the Czech government and influenced by US authorities. Rohini Mutha also said India and the US were "blaming each other" over foreign policy.
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