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2026年2月13日 美国东部时间下午4:32 更新于2小时前
纽约，2月13日（路透社） – 美国曼哈顿联邦检察官办公室发言人表示，一名被指控策划印度政府支持的针对纽约市锡克教分离主义者的未遂谋杀阴谋的印度男子周五对三项刑事指控认罪。
54岁的尼希尔·古普塔（Nikhil Gupta）承认了雇佣谋杀、合谋实施雇佣谋杀以及合谋洗钱三项罪名，这些罪名最高可合并判处40年监禁，发言人说道。
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古普塔在曼哈顿联邦法院美国治安法官莎拉·内特伯恩（Sarah Netburn）面前认罪。
古普塔的律师暂未立即回应置评请求。自2024年6月从捷克共和国被引渡至美国以来，古普塔一直被关押在布鲁克林监狱。他在被引渡后立即对指控表示不认罪。
美国检察官指控古普塔与一名印度政府官员合谋，意图杀害居住在美国的美加双重公民古尔帕特万特·辛格·潘农（Gurpatwant Singh Pannun），后者曾倡导在印度北部建立一个独立的锡克教国家。
印度政府已与任何针对潘农的阴谋划清界限，称这违背政府政策。
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在美国和加拿大发现针对锡克教分离主义者的所谓暗杀阴谋，这对印美关系造成了考验。印度也否认参与此类阴谋。
纽约报道，乔纳森·斯坦佩尔（Jonathan Stempel）；编辑，大卫·霍姆斯（David Holmes）
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Indian man pleads guilty in New York over alleged plot against Sikh separatist
By Reuters
February 13, 2026 4:32 PM UTC Updated 2 hours ago
NEW YORK, Feb 13 (Reuters) – An Indian man charged with orchestrating an unsuccessful Indian government-backed plot to kill a Sikh separatist in New York City pleaded guilty on Friday to three criminal charges, a spokesperson for the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Manhattan said.
Nikhil Gupta, 54, pleaded guilty to murder-for-hire, conspiracy to commit murder-for-hire and conspiracy to commit money laundering, which carry a maximum combined sentence of 40 years in prison, the spokesperson said.
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Gupta entered his plea before U.S. Magistrate Judge Sarah Netburn in Manhattan federal court.
Lawyers for Gupta were not immediately available for comment. Gupta has been jailed in Brooklyn since his June 2024 extradition to the United States from the Czech Republic, where he had been arrested a year earlier. He had pleaded not guilty immediately after his extradition.
U.S. prosecutors accused Gupta of plotting with an Indian government official to kill Gurpatwant Singh Pannun, a U.S. resident and dual U.S.-Canadian citizen who advocated for a sovereign Sikh state in northern India.
India’s government has dissociated itself from any plot against Pannun, saying it was against government policy.
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The discovery of alleged assassination plots against Sikh separatists in the United States and Canada has tested relations with India, which has also denied involvement in such plots.
Reporting by Jonathan Stempel in New York; Editing by David Holmes
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