THAT.
>> NOW TO AMERICAN OFFICIALS WHO
SAID THEY FOILED A PLOT TO
ASSASSINATE A MEMBER OF THE
INDIAN GOVERNMENT.
AARON KATERSKY HAS MORE.
>> Reporter: THE FBI SAID MURDER
FOR HIRE MAY BE A CRIME OUT OF A
MOVIE BUT THE PLOT IN THIS CASE
WAS ALL TOO REAL.
THE U.S. SAID IT THWARTED -- A
VOCAL CRITIC OF THE INDIAN
GOVERNMENT.
COURT RECORDS SAID AN UNNAMED
SENIOR FIELD OFFICER IN THE
INDIAN GOVERNMENT DIRECTED THE
ASSASSINATION PLOT FROM INDIA.
HE CONTACTED NICK GUPTA WHO IS
CHARGED WITH ARRANGED TO PAY A
HIT MAN $100,000.
THE HIT MAN TURNED OUT TO BE AN
UNDER COVER LAW ENFORCEMENT
OFFICER.
THE DEA UNCOVERED THIS ALLEGED
PLOT AROUND THE SAME TIME
ANOTHER SEPARATIST WAS
ASSASSINATED IN CANADA.
THE U.S. TOOK THIS PLOT SO
SERIOUSLY, PRESIDENT BIDEN
RAISED IT WITH THE