US Alleges India Agent Also Plotted Murder in Pakistan or Nepal

A murder-for-hire plot in the US that authorities say involved an Indian government official included plans for an additional assassination in Nepal or Pakistan, prosecutors alleged in court documents.

The Department of Justice last year accused Nikhil Gupta, an Indian national, of attempting to assassinate a US citizen of Sikh faith in New York. Prosecutors allege Gupta was given the orders by Vikash Yadav, an officer with India’s external intelligence agency. Gupta was arrested in the Czech Republic in June 2023 and extradited to the US. Yadav remains in India.

New documents filed in federal court in New York this ...