An Indian government official directed a $100,000 plot to assassinate a prominent Sikh separatist leader in New York City after the man advocated to establish a sovereign state for Sikhs, US authorities said Wednesday as charges against a man from India who they say was part of the murder plot were unsealed.
Federal prosecutors in Manhattan said Nikhil Gupta, 52, an Indian national, worked with the Indian government employee, whose responsibilities included security and intelligence, on the plot to assassinate a New York City resident who advocated for a Sikh sovereign state in northern India.
