Last Updated:February 14, 2026, 16:25 IST Nikhil Gupta has pleaded guilty in a Manhattan federal court to charges of murder-for-hire, conspiracy to commit murder-for-hire, and conspiracy to commit money laundering US DEA releases photo of Nikhil Gupta accused of murder plot against designated terrorist Pannun. (ANI) Indian national Nikhil Gupta, 54, has pleaded guilty in a US court for his role in a foiled plot to assassinate Gurpatwant Singh Pannun, a dual US-Canadian citizen and prominent Sikh separatist leader residing in New York. Gupta has pleaded guilty in a Manhattan federal court to charges of murder-for-hire, conspiracy to commit murder-for-hire, and conspiracy to commit money laundering. “Nikhil Gupta a/k/a ‘Nick,’ an Indian national, pleaded guilty to all three counts contained in the Second Superseding Indictment, charging him with murder-for-hire, conspiracy to commit murder-for-hire, and conspiracy to commit money laundering, in connection with his efforts to murder a US citizen in New York City,” the indictment read. Who Is Nikhil Gupta? Nikhil Gupta, alias Nick, has admitted to being an international narcotics and weapons trafficker. He …