In a story straight from a B-grade Bollywood movie, the US this week alleged that an Indian government official was involved in a plot to assassinate Sikh separatist leader Gurpatwant Singh Pannun in New York.
An Indian national, Nikhil Gupta, has now been arrested and charged with “murder for hire”. The US said that at the Indian government official’s direction, Gupta purportedly contracted a middleman and a hitman to “murder” Pannun, both of whom turned out to be undercover officers. Charges have now been filed against Gupta in court.
