Bangladesh on Wednesday said India has agreed to deport Nur Hossain, who was arrested in Kolkata last month and is wanted in connection with the killing of seven people in the suburbs of the capital.
“India has agreed to extradite Nur Hossain,” Foreign Minister AH Mahmood Ali told Parliament while replying to a question by a lawmaker of the main Opposition Jatiya Party. He said India’s assurance came after the request was made to Sushma Swaraj during her maiden stand-alone official tour here as the External Affairs Minister.
He said an official request will now be sent to India to bring back Hossain.
After Swaraj’s meetings here, the Spokesperson in the External Affairs Ministry had said, “We are not sanctuary for criminals” and if there are any criminals, they will be sent back. He had made the remarks when asked about Bangladesh’s demand for Hossain’s extradition. Bangladesh’s Home Ministry earlier said the Government was “continuing efforts to bring Nur Hossain home”.
The ministry said it expected Hossain’s repatriation to be an easy process as the two countries last year inked an extradition treaty to exchange wanted criminals hiding on each other’s soil.