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Indian national Nikhil Gupta, facing charges in the US for conspiring to kill Khalistani terrorist Gurpatwant Singh Pannun, remains in Prague jail..
A spokesperson for the Czech Ministry of Justice said the judicial authorities in India have "no jurisdiction" in a case involving Nikhil Gupta, who has been charged by the US in an alleged plot to kill Khalistani terrorist Gurpatwant Singh Pannun on American soil..
The reaction came days after Gupta's family approached the Supreme Court seeking its intervention in the case.. Gupta, charged by the US government for his involvement in a conspiracy to kill Pannun, has been in jail in Prague since he was detained in the Czech Republic around six months ago...
Last week, one of Gupta's family members approached the Supreme Court, requesting it to issue directions to the Indian government to intervene in the extradition proceedings and ensure a fair trial in the case.. India has already constituted a probe committee to investigate the US's allegations on Gupta...
According to the applicable legislation of the Czech Republic, the defence counsel must always be representing a person against whom extradition proceedings are initiated, the spokesperson said.. "If a person does not have a defence counsel in cases where must have one, a defence counsel would be immediately appointed by the competent court," Repka told news agency PTI in an email responding to a query...
