Cabinet clears extradition treaty with Bangladesh

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NEW DELHI: The government on Thursday approved the extradition treaty with Bangladesh proposed to be signed during home minister Sushilkumar Shinde's visit to Dhaka beginning Monday.

The long-awaited treaty was cleared by the Cabinet at its meeting, presided by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, after Bangladesh government made minor modifications in the draft.

The extradition treaty is expected to pave the way for deportation of jailed Ulfa "general secretary" Anup Chetia and many other insurgents from the northeast who have been hiding in Bangladesh.

Similarly, it will also help Dhaka in getting back its criminals who are currently lodged in Indian jails.

Cabinet clears extradition treaty with Bangladesh - The Times of India

 

[KRAIT]

Good for both nations. These prisoners will be important to crack the insurgent network in NE and in Bangladesh. We should cooperate more with Bangladesh.

 

[for truth]

Good for both nations. These prisoners will be important to crack the insurgent network in NE and in Bangladesh. We should cooperate more with Bangladesh.

we should extradite shinde first, but i wonder who will take that nut job? perhaps we should throw him in south pole.

 

[Gyp 111]

Indian cabinet clears extradition treaty

The Indian government on Thursday approved the extradition treaty to be signed with Bangladesh.
The agreement is supposed to be signed during Indian Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde's visit to Dhaka beginning on Monday.

A meeting of the cabinet, chaired by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, gave the go-ahead to the long-awaited treaty after minor modification in the draft, according PTI news agnecy.

The treaty will pave the way for extradition of Bangladeshi criminals currently lodged in Indian jails and insurgents of the neighbouring country now in Bangladesh prisons.

Following the signing of the treaty, India may request Bangladesh for deportation of United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) leader Anup Chetia now in Bangladesh jail.

The Bangladesh and India cannot extradite criminals due to the lack of a treaty. However, the two countries are handing over each other’s criminals informally.

Home Minister MK Alamgir and his Indian counterpart Sushil Shinde last month agreed to sign the agreement in January.

India and Bangladesh had long been holding negotiations on the extradition treaty. The two countries had earlier signed the Agreements on Mutual Legal Assistance on Criminal Matters, Transfer of Sentenced Persons and Combating International Terrorism, Organized Crime and Illicit Drug Trafficking.

During a meeting in New Delhi last month, the two Home Ministers had noted that the action was being taken for repatriation of sentenced prisoners to either country under the agreement for transfer of sentenced prisoners which was signed during Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's visit to Delhi in January 2010.

On the issue of handover of Chetia, Alamgir had told journalists in the joint news conference that Dhaka stood by its commitment to consider New Delhi's request to send him back to India. But at present his plea for asylum in Bangladesh is pending with the Supreme Court.

Responding to Alamgir's request for tracking, apprehending and handing over of the fugitive killers of nation's founding father Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, Shinde had reassured him that New Delhi would extend all possible cooperation to nab the assassins if they were in India.

PTI said the Indian cabinet also approved new visa policy for Bangladeshi people in Thursday’s meeting.

The new policy will facilitate on-arrival visas for students, businessmen and patients over 65 years and under 12 years from Bangladesh.

Indian cabinet clears extradition treaty - bdnews24.com