An Indian man suspected of involvement in an alleged plot to kill a Sikh separatist on American soil has been extradited to the United States from the Czech Republic. Nikhil Gupta, accused by U.S. federal prosecutors of plotting to kill Gurpatwant Singh Pannun, a U.S. resident advocating for a sovereign Sikh state in northern India, was extradited after being arrested in Prague last June.
Gupta, 52, is currently being held at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn, according to the federal Bureau of Prisons website. The extradition follows a Czech court's rejection of Gupta's petition to avoid being sent to the U.S., paving the way for his transfer.
