India, Feb. 14 -- The United States government has confirmed that Indian national Nikhil Gupta has pleaded guilty to plotting the murder of a U.S. citizen in New York City.

In a statement, the United States Department of Justice said that United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York Jay Clayton, FBI Assistant Director Roman Rozhavsky, DEA Administrator Terrance C. Cole, and FBI Assistant Director in Charge of the New York Field Office James C. Barnacle Jr. announced that Gupta, also known as "Nick," pleaded guilty to all three counts in the Second Superseding Indictment.

The charges include murder-for-hire, conspiracy to commit murder-for-hire, and conspiracy to commit money laundering, in connection with a plot to assas...