{"id":133402,"date":"2026-02-14T10:20:06","date_gmt":"2026-02-14T10:20:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/133402\/"},"modified":"2026-02-14T10:20:06","modified_gmt":"2026-02-14T10:20:06","slug":"ny-murder-plot-nikhil-gupta-pleads-guilty","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/133402\/","title":{"rendered":"NY Murder Plot: Nikhil Gupta Pleads Guilty"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>A major development has emerged from New York. Nikhil Gupta, an Indian Nationalist US citizen, has plead guilty in a Manhattan federal court. The case relates to a murder-for-hire conspiracy.\n<\/p>\n<p>The plot targeted a Sikh US citizen based in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.m9.news\/social-media-viral\/gig-worker-wages-india-vs-us-delivery-pay\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">New York<\/a>. The individual was a strong advocate for a sovereign Sikh state. Gupta admitted to coordinating the assassination attempt.\n<\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT<\/p>\n<p>Investigators revealed that Gupta acted at the direction of Indian government employee Vikas Yadav. The total negotiated payment for the operation was $100,000. The plan was carefully structured.\n<\/p>\n<p>Gupta and Yadav allegedly planned to assassinate the Sikh separatist. The target openly supported the secession of Punjab from India. The accused contacted a person they believed was a criminal associate.\n<\/p>\n<p>However, that person turned out to be a confidential source for the Drug Enforcement Agency DEA. The conspirators paid $15,000 in advance. The money was given to another undercover DEA agent posing as a hitman.\n<\/p>\n<p>The duo also shared sensitive personal details about the target. This included the home address in New York City. They provided phone numbers and information about daily routines.\n<\/p>\n<p>Gupta was arrested in the Czech Republic in 2023. He was later extradited to the US. He has now plead guilty to three separate criminal charges.\n<\/p>\n<p>These charges include Murder-for-Hire and Conspiracy to Commit Murder-for-Hire. It also includes Conspiracy to Commit Money Laundering. The legal proceedings are ongoing.\n<\/p>\n<p>Gupta now faces a maximum combined sentence of 40 years in federal prison. The sentencing is scheduled for May 29, 2026. The case has drawn significant international attention.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Indian National Pleads Guilty To Plotting To Assassinate U.S. Citizen In New York City<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNikhil Gupta plotted to assassinate a U.S. citizen in New York City,\u201d\n<\/p>\n<p>Via <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FBI?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">@FBI<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/yHkqGyYDqN\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/t.co\/yHkqGyYDqN<\/a>\n<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 M9 USA (@M9USA_) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/M9USA_\/status\/2022449635646935204?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">February 13, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT<\/p>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A major development has emerged from New York. Nikhil Gupta, an Indian Nationalist US citizen, has plead guilty&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":133403,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[9,24,55,54,56],"class_list":{"0":"post-133402","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york-city","8":"tag-new-york","9":"tag-new-york-city","10":"tag-new-york-city-headlines","11":"tag-new-york-city-news","12":"tag-ny"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/133402","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=133402"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/133402\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/133403"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=133402"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=133402"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=133402"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}