The newly released court documents say that a senior Indian intelligence officer allegedly recruited a businessman to kill a Canadian supporter Khalistan activist.
Non -sealed files say that Nikhal Gupta, an Indian national national national national national national national national national national, acknowledged that he was asked to carry out the murder at a meeting in New Delhi.
The target was Gurpont Singh Panoon, a lawyer for Canada and US citizenship, a New York -based group, leading the Sikhs for the sake of cheerfulness, who advocates for the space.
Panon Hardp Singh was a close associate of Najar, who was shot dead on June 18, 2023 outside a Sikh temple in the BC city of Surrey – a murder Canada has accused India.
The two victims were involved in a symbolic referendum about Mansion, which they had now campaigned to establish in India's Sikh -majority Punjab.
India has long complained that supporters of the Khelin movement in Canada work. Meanwhile, Ottawa has accused India of violating Canada's sovereignty by killing Canada's soil.
Prime Minister Mark Karni invited Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to the recent G7 summit in Kannaskas, Ulta, but a dispute over New Delhi's alleged activities in Canada is not resolved.
Vikash Yadav, alias Amanat, allegedly recruited Nikhil Gupta, offering allegations of robbery in India.
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According to documents presented in the US District Court, Gupta confessed to his involvement in the plot to kill Pannon in a van after being arrested at Prague Airport on June 30, 2023.
He said the conspiracy started when he returned home after a trip to Uzbekistan and was told that he was scheduled to appear in court on charges of robbery.
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It was then contacted by a person MandateWho said he could clear Gupta's name?
According to Gupta's statement, “Immediately after that. Subsequently, Gupta and Aminat met in New Delhi, India.” “Amanat asked Gupta to kill someone in New York City.”
The United States has alleged that Amanat Waksh Yadav, who works for the research and analysis wing, is the intelligence agency that reports to Prime Minister Narendra Modi's office.
Yadav allegedly provided Gupta Penn's residential addresses, phone numbers and other information, and arranged for a colleague to provide 000 15,000 cash for the murder.
According to US allegations, after Gupta agreed to the murder, Yadav allegedly “was taken care of” and “no one will bother you again”.
The record shows that Gupta allegedly hired a hitman who believed he was a Colombian cocaine supplier, but was actually a secret source working for the US Drug Enforcement Administration.
Gupta is accused of offering the DEA's source, 000 100,000, and discussing additional killings in Canada. The plot was still in the planning process when Najar was killed.
After the arrest in Prague, Nichola Gupta cooperated with US investigators.
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The next day after Najar's murder, Gupta showed a video of a secret agent killing and identified the victim as a target of Canada, which he had earlier mentioned, according to court documents.
The Department of Justice wrote in a summary of the investigation, “It strongly shows that those working with Gupta and/or Gupta were responsible for the murder of a partner.”
According to the record, on June 19, 2023, Gupta told the secret agent that the murder of Pannon should be “done as soon as possible, without any suicide results, such as civilian passers -by, should be taken care of by potential damage or any results or political turmoil.”
“Gupta told the secret agent with money and material, that when he (secret agent) kills the desired victim, Gupta intends to instruct the secret agent to kill additional targets, at least some in Canada.”
But the project was upset when Czech police arrested Gupta at Prague Airport. The details of his arrest in the court states that Gupta was a operative and provided information about the trust.
According to the photo, contact information from the Indian Intelligence Officer was allegedly found on Nikhil Gupta's phone.
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According to the details of the arrest filed in the court, “the first thing that Gupta said was, 'I want to cooperate. Take me to the United States and I will cooperate with you now.”
Gupta has been handed over to the United States for a plot trial to kill Pannon. His lawyers want to press some evidence and one of them has fallen.
America also charged Yadav tooIndian Intelligence Officer, for murder conspiracy. He has not been taken into custody and he is on her FBI's highly desirable list.
The RCMP has not publicly revealed who is behind Najar's murder, but he has alleged that Indian government agents are involved. There were four suspects Catch Last May in Alberta and Ontario.
The Canadian Security Intelligence Service said in this Annual Report last week That foreign governments were using crime groups rapidly to carry out corruption and opponents' killings.
“That's what India is doing now,” Pinoon said in an interview on Friday. The use of a criminal network allows the Indian government to “distance” between itself and the casualties, he said.
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