Lok Sabha Question No. 2528 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-12-26
Subject: Extradition of Offenders
Ministry: EXTERNAL AFFAIRS
Asked by: RAVNEET SINGH

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF EXTERNAL AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.2528 TO BE ANSWERED ON 26.12.2018

## EXTRADITION OF OFFENDERS

## 2528. SHRI RAVNEET SINGH:

Will the Minister of EXTERNAL AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

- (a) the number of people who have been successfully extradited by the Government along with their details in the last four years;
- (b) the details of the extradition treaties signed by the Government in the last four years with countries where no extradition treaty existed;
- (c) the number of requests for extradition the Government has received in the last four years from foreign governments;
- (d) the details of requests it has given to foreign Governments especially regarding human rights violation; and
- (e) whether the Government has considered implementing the Justice Malimath Committee Report for creating a centralised agency solely for extradition and if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF EXTERNAL AFFAIRS

## [GEN. (DR) V. K. SINGH (RETD)]

- (a) In the last four years,  sixteen fugitive criminals from various foreign countries were successfully brought back to India. Details of the same is placed at Annexure - A.
- (b) In the last four years, India has signed Extradition Treaties with Afghanistan, Lithuania, Malawi and Morocco.
- (c) & (d) In the last four years, 43 extradition requests were received from various foreign countries and 132 extradition requests, as received from Law Enforcement Agencies / Courts for various offences, were forwarded to foreign governments.
- (e) The Justice Malimath Committee Report recommended reforms in the Criminal Justice System in India in general, which is the subject matter of the Ministry of Home Affairs. On Extradition, a comprehensive, specialised central legislation, namely the Extradition Act, 1962 exists, which regulates the extradition of fugitive offenders as well as the implementation of Extradition Treaties entered into by India, with various foreign States. The Ministry of External Affairs is the nodal Ministry for extradition matters.

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## FUGITIVE CRIMINALS BROUGHT BACK TO INDIA IN LAST FOUR YEARS

|   SL. NO | NAME              | NATIONALITY   | BROUGHT BACK FROM   | OFFENCES   | DATE OF EXTRADITION/ DEPORTATION   |
|----------|-------------------|---------------|---------------------|------------|------------------------------------|
|        1 | Jagtar Singh Tara | Indian        | Thailand            | Murder     | 16.01.2015                         |
|        2 | Bannaje Raja@     | Indian        | Morocco             | Murder     | 14.08.2015                         |

## ANNEXURE - A

|    | Rajendra Bannaje                         |          |            |                                                              |             |
|----|------------------------------------------|----------|------------|--------------------------------------------------------------|-------------|
|  3 | Chhota Rajan @Rajendra Sadashiv Nickhale | Indian   | Indonesia  | Murder & Kidnapping                                          | 06.11.2015  |
|  4 | Anup Chetia                              | Indian   | Bangladesh | Waging or attempt to wage war against Indian State           | 11.11.2015. |
|  5 | Kollam Gangi Reddy                       | Indian   | Mauritius  | Culpable homicide not amounting to murder, Attempt to murder | 15.11.2015  |
|  6 | Wily Naruenartwanic h                    | Thai     | Thailand   | Waging or attempt to wage war against Indian State           | 09.12.2015  |
|  7 | Abdul Wahid Siddibapa@ Khan              | Indian   | UAE        | Waging or attempt to wage war against Indian State           | 20.05.2016  |
|  8 | Kumar Krushna Pillai                     | Indian   | Singapore  | Attempt to murder among others                               | 27.06.2016  |
|  9 | Samirbhai Vinubhai Patel                 | Indian   | UK         | Murder, criminal conspiracy among others                     | 19.10.2016  |
| 10 | Abdul Rauf Merchant                      | Indian   | Bangladesh | Murder                                                       | 08.11.2016  |
| 11 | Md. Sultan Abubakr Kadir                 | Indian   | Singapore  | Job scam racket                                              | 23.09.2017  |
| 12 | Ionut Alexandru Marinoiu                 | Romanian | Nicaragua  | Bank fraud                                                   | 03.03.2018  |
| 13 | Md. Farooq Yasin Mansoor/ Farooq Takla   | Indian   | UAE        | Terrorism                                                    | 08.03.2018  |
| 14 | Vinay Mittal                             | Indian   | Indonesia  | Cheating, forgery, criminal conspiracy                       | 20.09.2018  |
| 15 | Mohammed Yahya                           | Indian   | Bahrain    | cheating, forgery, criminal conspiracy                       | 12.10.2018  |
| 16 | Christian Michael James                  | British  | UAE        | cheating, criminal conspiracy                                | 04.12.2018  |

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