An Indiana man was sentenced today to 222 months in prison for plotting to pay a purported hitman to kill his ex-wife and for attempting to tamper with witnesses, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced.
According to U.S. Attorney Sellinger, Narsan Lingala, 58, of Noblesville, IN, was previously convicted of conspiring to commit murder for hire, traveling interstate, or using interstate facilities with the intent that a murder for hire be committed and attempting to tamper with a witness.
According to documents filed in this case and the evidence at trial:
Lingala conspired and attempted to hire a purported hitman to kill his ex-wife.
He also attempted to tamper with the testimony of a co-conspirator and an undercover law enforcement officer.
The conduct for which he was convicted occurred between approximately May 2018 and March 2019.
In addition to the prison term, Lingala was sentenced to three years of supervised release.
Lingala’s conspirator, Sandya Reddy, pleaded guilty in April 2019 to her role in the scheme and was sentenced on August 10, 2020, to 63 months in prison.