According to media reports on Sunday, Nikhil Gupta, an Indian national, has been extradited from the Czech Republic to the United States on charges of conspiring to kill a Sikh separatist.
At the US government’s request, 52-year-old Gupta was detained in the Czech Republic last year on suspicion of participating in a plot to kill Sikh separatist Gurpatwant Singh Pannun. On Monday, he is scheduled to appear before a federal court located in New York.
According to media reports on Sunday, Nikhil Gupta, an Indian national, has been extradited from the Czech Republic to the United States on charges of conspiring to kill a Sikh separatist.
At the US government’s request, 52-year-old Gupta was detained in the Czech Republic last year on suspicion of participating in a plot to kill Sikh separatist Gurpatwant Singh Pannun. On Monday, he is scheduled to appear before a federal court located in New York.
Gupta has refuted the allegations and claimed that he has been “unfairly charged” through the representation of his lawyer.
“In a petition to the Indian Supreme Court, Gupta’s lawyer, Rohini Musa, claimed that her client was unfairly prosecuted and that there was “nothing on record to link the Petitioner to the massive alleged plot to assassinate the alleged victim,” according to The Washington Post.
“Musa complained that Gupta received adverse legal advice from a Czech government-appointed attorney “under the undue influence of … U.S. Agencies” during the initial phase of his detention. She said India and the United States were “going back and forth to blame each other for their foreign policy,” the daily reported.
