US Accuses Indian Agent of Plotting to Assassinate US Citizen in New York
- Accusations add fresh tension to strained US-India ties
- Canada claims India involved in murder of Sikh leader there
Flags promoting the Khalistan movement.
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Federal prosecutors accused an Indian government agent of directing a thwarted plot to assassinate a Sikh separatist with US citizenship in New York, allegations that mirror a killing in Canada and risk inflaming already delicate US-India ties.
The accusations were spelled out in a fresh indictment unveiled Wednesday against Nikhil Gupta, who was accused of working with the Indian government agent in a scheme to kill a man described as active in the global movement to carve an independent Sikh homeland out of India.