The US government has levelled fresh charges against jailed Indian national Nikhil Gupta. The charges include money laundering, credit card fraud, trafficking of drugs and weapons, besides an attempt to kill a person in Nepal or Pakistan.

Gupta is accused of being involved in a murder-for-hire plot against Sikh separatist Gurpatwant Singh Pannun. Arrested from the Czech Republic, Gupta was extradited to the US in June last year. His trial will commence in November at the US District Court, Southern District, New York.

The US Attorney, Southern District of New York, had filed a ‘motion in limine’ in the court asking for the inclusion of additional charges against Gupta. In the US legal system, a ‘motion in limine’ is filed to allow inclusion of specific evidence or testimony at the trial.

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