India is set to extradite a Bangladeshi national wanted in the UK on murder charges in the next week or 10 days, Union Home Secretary Rajiv Mehrishi has said as he concluded his visit to Britain.
Extradition was a central issue during the India-UK Home Affairs Dialogue in london yesterday, which took place against the backdrop of the ongoing court proceedings in the UK against embattled liquor tycoon Vijay Mallya, who is wanted in India on fraud charges. "We are on the verge of extraditing an individual from India to the UK in the next week or 10 days. The extradition treaty is working just fine and there is no difficulty in the extradition treaty. We have extraditions already successfully completed," Mehrishi said.
While he did not name the individual, senior officials with knowledge of the case have disclosed that the man in question was Bangladeshi national Mohammad Abdul Shakur.