Washington, Feb. 14 -- Indian national Nikhil Gupta pleaded guilty on Friday to plotting the assassination of pro-Khalistan leader Gurpatwant Singh Pannun, the US Attorney's office for the Southern District of New York confirmed. Gupta, 54, appeared in Manhattan federal court and admitted to paying $15,000 to a person he believed was a hitman to kill Pannun, who leads the proscribed group Sikhs for Justice, based in New York City, in mid-2023. US law enforcement authorities have alleged that Gupta was recruited for the murder-for-hire conspiracy by an employee of the Indian government. India has said that such action is contrary to government policy. Gupta has been held without bail in Brooklyn since his extradition from the Czech Republic in June 2024. P2...