India Says No Government Links to Man Guilty of US Murder Plot

Feb. 16, 2026, 9:18 AM UTC

Indian officials reiterated their position that New Delhi wasn’t involved in the alleged plot to kill a US citizen and vocal critic of Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New York in 2023.

Nikhil Gupta, the Indian national who pleaded guilty last week in a New York court for his role in the assassination attempt on Gurpatwant Singh Pannun, was a private individual without any links to the government, officials in New Delhi familiar with the matter said, asking not to be identified because of the sensitivity of the matter.

The government is waiting on further details from the New York ...

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