An Egyptian doctor, also a member of the Muslim Brotherhood, has been sent to judicial custody till April 19 by a Delhi Court after red corner notice was issued against him by the Egyptian Government followed by his arrest in Mumbai while he was trying to escape. The court will also consider the issue of extraditing him.
Hossam Abd el-Fattah Tawfiq Mohammed was sentenced to life imprisonment for 25 years, along with 528 others, for causing the death of a police officer in his country, by an Egyptian court.
He was arrested by Mumbai police after he managed to escape from Egypt and landed at Mumbai airport. A global arrest warrant was also issued against him.
Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Shunali Gupta sent him to judicial custody and posted the matter on April 19 for further hearing to consider whether to extradite him, after his lawyer sought time to argue in the matter.