Lok Sabha Question No. 383 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2015-12-01
Subject: Extradition of Terrorist
Ministry: HOME AFFAIRS
Asked by: SUDHEER GUPTA, ASHOK SHANKARRAO CHAVAN, BIDYUT BARAN MAHATO, KUNWAR HARIBANSH SINGH, GAJANAN CHANDRAKANT KIRTIKAR, SUNIL BALIRAM GAIKWAD, BALASUBRAMANIAM SENGUTTUVAN

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 383

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 1ST  DECEMBER, 2015/AGRAHAYANA 10, 1937 (SAKA)

## EXTRADITION OF TERRORIST

383. SHRI SUDHEER GUPTA:

SHRI ASHOK SHANKARRAO CHAVAN:

SHRI BIDYUT BARAN MAHATO:

KUNWAR HARIBANSH SINGH:

SHRI GAJANAN KIRTIKAR:

DR. SUNIL BALIRAM GAIKWAD:

SHRI B. SENGUTTUVAN:

Will the Minister of HOME AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

- (a)  whether  a  noted  criminal  has  recently  been  arrested  and  extradited from Indonesia and if so, the details thereof;
- (b) whether the intelligence agencies have got inputs about the whereabouts and activities of underworld don Dawood Ibrahim and those involved in Mumbai attacks;
- (c)  if  so,  the  details  thereof  and  the  steps  taken/being  taken  by  the Government in this regard;
- (d)    whether Chhota Rajan has disclosed the names of Police officers on the  pay-roll  of  India's  most  wanted  terrorists,  Dawood  Ibrahim  and  if  so, the reaction of the Government in this regard; and
- (e)  the measures being taken by the Government for arrest and extradition of all terrorists and criminals wanted in connection with crimes committed in the country?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS (SHRI HARIBHAI PARATHIBHAI CHAUDHARY)

## L.S.U.Q.No. 383 for 01.12.2015

- (a):   Recently one Rajendra Sadashiv Nikalje @ Chhota Rajan S/o Sadashiv Sakahram Nikalje, Date of Birth: 05.12.1959 was arrested in Indonesia by Indonesian police on 25.10.2015 and pursuant to deportation request from India he was deported to India on 05.11.2015. He was arrested in India on 06.11.2015 on the allegations of possession and use of Indian Passport in the  fake  name  of  Mohan  Kumar  in  CBI  Case  No.  RC7(A)/2015/SCU.V/SCII/New Delhi, registered on 31.10.2015.
- (b)&(c): Available  inputs  from  different  agencies  suggest  that  Dawood Ibrahim has bases in Pakistan, though he keeps shifting his location from time to time. India has been apprising Pakistan authorities about available details of Dawood Ibrahim including passports and reported addresses in Pakistan from time to time with a request to hand him over so that he may be tried in India for the terrorist activities and other offences committed by him  in  India.  The  Government  will  keep  pursuing  this  matter  through different  channels  to  ensure  that  Pakistan  and  its  agencies  fulfill  their international  obligations  in  the  context  of  the  Red-Corner  Notice  issued against Dawood Ibrahim and the relevant U.N. Security Council Resolutions.
- (d):
- The above said case is under investigation.
- (e): To facilitate arrest and extradition of terrorists and criminals wanted in connection with crimes committed in the country Government has entered into Mutual Legal Assistance Treaties for facilitating investigation  and issue of Letters Rogattories through courts, MoUs with certain countries for exchange of intelligence/information about such persons and uses the INTERPOL channel for issue of Red Corner Notices.  Government also issues Look-Out-Circulars on the request of State Governments/Law Enforcement Agencies concerned. India is also  having  Extradition  Treaties  with  several  countries  for  the  said purpose. The Government processes such requests on priority basis for arrest and extradition of wanted terrorist and criminal.

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