Revealing details of the plot, the indictment said beginning in or about early May 2023, in a series of telephonic and electronic communications between the Indian official CC-1 and Gupta over encrypted applications, CC-1 asked Gupta to arrange the murder of the victim in exchange for CC-1 's assistance in securing the dismissal of a criminal case. Gupta, it said, agreed to orchestrate the assassination. In addition to their electronic communications, Gupta also met CC-1 in-person in New Delhi in furtherance of the plot, it alleged.
