Gupta was arrested in Prague late last year & is now facing trial in a US court on charges of murder-for-hire relating to the assassination attempt on Gurpatwant Singh Pannun.
US Drug Enforcement Agency claims it has been able to establish a link between former R&AW man Vikash Gupta, jailed Indian citizen Nikhil Gupta & plot to kill Sikh separatist Pannun.
Gupta was at centre of foiled plot to assassinate Gurpatwant Singh Pannun. His family has termed suggestion that he has a son in Pakistan a ‘deliberate error introduced by an interpreter’.
Threat to life was cited for seeking exemption, says his lawyer. Former R&AW officer is also an accused in alleged murder-for-hire plot against Sikh separatist Gurpatwant Pannun.
In exclusive interview with ThePrint, Indian national Nikhil Gupta says he doesn’t know former R&AW officer Vikash Yadav & that all he needs is a ‘good lawyer to turn this around’.
Senior officers at R&AW do not know how to conduct covert operations. Many are police officers who don’t seem to understand the difference between an encounter and a covert hit.
Though Indian govt has conveyed that it no longer employs Vikash Yadav, US wants speedy probe into plot to assassinate SFJ founder Gurpatwant Singh Pannun, it is learnt.
On 18 October, Gupta was arraigned before a judge in a US district court. He has been in a US prison since June 2024, after spending nearly a yr in a Czech prison.
Lawyers for Nikhil Gupta, accused of involvement in Pannun’s murder plot, will meet prosecutors Thursday to exchange evidence and discuss the possibility of a plea bargain.
A bad turn in Venezuela would raise the same questions that have dogged the unlawful US strikes against alleged drug boats in the Caribbean: Why now, and why at all?
The latest comment comes as New Delhi and Washington have yet to sign a trade agreement. India’s purchase of Russian oil has reduced, but Moscow remains top source for crude.
If deal goes through, Greece will be 2nd foreign country to procure vehicle. Morocco was first; TATA Group has set up manufacturing unit there with minimum 30 percent indigenous content.
Many of you might think I got something so wrong in National Interest pieces written this year. I might disagree! But some deserve a Mea Culpa. I’d deal with the most recent this week.
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