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The government said on Saturday that it has not received a request for consular access from Nikhil Gupta, the Indian national extradited to the United States on charges of plotting to assassinate Khalistani terrorist Gurpatwant Singh Pannun...
"We have so far not received any request for consular access from Gupta but his family has gotten in touch with us," said External Affairs Ministry spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal...
Indian officials did have consular access to Gupta while he was detained in the Czech Republic...
US federal prosecutors allege Gupta conspired with an Indian government official to kill Gurpatwant Singh Pannun in New York last year..
He said that Gupta "will now face justice in an American courtroom" for his alleged role in the plot directed by an Indian government official...
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