US rejects Gupta’s plea to give defence papers in Pannun case

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The US government has objected to providing defence material to Indian national Nikhil Gupta, detained in a Czech prison on murder-for-hire charges in an alleged assassination attempt on a Khalistani extremist, saying it will provide the information only upon his appearance in a New York court and arraignment in the case.. Rights violations in custody: lawyer..

Indian national Nikhil Gupta is being subjected to human rights violations, including extended solitary confinement, while in custody in the Czech Republic, his lawyer has said in court documents...

Gupta (52) was charged by federal prosecutors here in November last year with working with an Indian Government employee in the foiled plot to kill Khalistani separatist Gurpatwant Singh Pannun, who holds dual US and Canadian citizenship, on American soil...

Guptas attorney filed a Motion to Compel Production of Discovery on January 4 in the US District Court, Southern District of New York, requesting the court to direct federal prosecutors to provide the defence material relevant to its ability to defend the instant charges...

The government submits this letter in opposition to Guptas motion to compel discovery during the pendency of his extradition proceedings in the Czech Republic, federal prosecutors said.. They said consistent with federal rules of criminal procedure, the government is prepared to produce discovery promptly upon the defendants appearance in this district and arraignment on this case..

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