Lok Sabha Question No. 2797 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-05-11
Subject: Extradition Treaty
Ministry: EXTERNAL AFFAIRS
Asked by: ADHIR RANJAN CHOWDHURY, SHIVKUMAR CHANABASAPPA UDASI

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF EXTERNAL AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.2797 TO BE ANSWERED ON 11.05.2016

## EXTRADITION TREATY

## 2797. SHRI ADHIR RANJAN CHOWDHURY:

SHRI SHIVKUMAR UDASI:

Will the Minister of EXTERNAL AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

- (a) the  efforts  made  to  sign  extradition  treaty  with  the  countries  which  have not entered into this treaty so far;
- (b) the  names  of  the  countries  with  which  India  does  not  have  an  operative extradition treaty; and
- (c) the  names  of  the  countries  in  which  request  for  extradition  of  fugitives including the names of fugitives from India have been pending?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF EXTERNAL AFFAIRS [GEN. (DR) V. K. SINGH (RETD)]

- (a) & (b) Till  date,  India  has  signed  Extradition  Treaties  with  42  countries. India  also  has  Extradition  Arrangements  with  9  more  countries.  A  list  of  these countries is attached at Annexure-A.  It is the policy of the Government of India to conclude Extradition treaties with as many countries as possible so as to ensure that fugitive criminals do not escape justice. Accordingly, India is in the process of negotiating extradition treaties with many more countries.

In  addition,  India  is  a  party  to  various  multilateral  conventions  such  as United Nations Convention against Corruption, United Nations Convention against Transnational  Organised  Crime,  International  Convention for  the  Suppression  of Terrorist  Bombings  and  the  SAARC  Regional  Convention  on  Suppression  of Terrorism, which can serve as a legal framework to bring back fugitive criminals from the countries who are also the parties to these conventions.

- (c) A request for extradition can be initiated against a fugitive criminal who is formally  accused  of,  charged  with  or  convicted  of  an  extradition  offence.  Such requests  are  handled  with  utmost  care  so  as  not  to  allow  the  fugitive  an opportunity to take measures to avoid getting extradited. The Ministry of External Affairs takes up extradition requests with the concerned foreign countries when a request for extradition is received from the relevant law enforcement agencies in India.  A  list  of  all  successful  extraditions  from  foreign  countries  to  India, indicating  both  the  countries  concerned  and  the  fugitives,  is  enclosed  at Annexure-B.

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## ANNEXURE-A

## India has signed Extradition Treaties with the following Countries:

|   S. No. | Country    |   S. No. | Country           |
|----------|------------|----------|-------------------|
|        1 | Australia  |       22 | Netherlands       |
|        2 | Bahrain    |       23 | Oman              |
|        3 | Bangladesh |       24 | Philippines       |
|        4 | Belarus    |       25 | Poland            |
|        5 | Belgium    |       26 | Portugal          |
|        6 | Bhutan     |       27 | Republic of Korea |
|        7 | Brazil     |       28 | Russia            |
|        8 | Bulgaria   |       29 | Saudi Arabia      |
|        9 | Canada     |       30 | South Africa      |
|       10 | Chile      |       31 | Spain             |
|       11 | Egypt      |       32 | Switzerland       |
|       12 | France     |       33 | Tajikistan        |
|       13 | Germany    |       34 | Thailand          |
|       14 | Hong Kong  |       35 | Tunisia           |
|       15 | Indonesia  |       36 | Turkey            |
|       16 | Kuwait     |       37 | UAE               |
|       17 | Malaysia   |       38 | UK                |
|       18 | Mauritius  |       39 | Ukraine           |
|       19 | Mexico     |       40 | USA               |
|       20 | Mongolia   |       41 | Uzbekistan        |
|       21 | Nepal      |       42 | Vietnam           |

## India has Extradition Arrangements with the following Countries:

|   S. No. | Country          |
|----------|------------------|
|        1 | Croatia          |
|        2 | Fiji             |
|        3 | Italy            |
|        4 | Papua New Guinea |
|        5 | Peru             |
|        6 | Sri Lanka        |
|        7 | Singapore        |
|        8 | Sweden           |
|        9 | Tanzania         |

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## Annexure-B

## List of Fugitives Extradited/Deported by Foreign Governments to India

|   Sl. No. | Name                                      | Nationality   | Extradited From   | Offences                           | Year of Extradition   |
|-----------|-------------------------------------------|---------------|-------------------|------------------------------------|-----------------------|
|         1 | Aftab Ahmed Ansari                        | Indian        | UAE               | Terrorism                          | 2002 (February)       |
|         2 | Rajender Anadkat                          | Indian        | UAE               | Terrorism                          | 2002 (February)       |
|         3 | Muthappa Rai                              | Indian        | UAE               | Organized Crime                    | 2002 (May)            |
|         4 | Ravinder Kumar Rastogi                    | Indian        | UAE               | Economic Offences                  | 2003 (January)        |
|         5 | Iqbal Sheikh Kaskar                       | Indian        | UAE               | Mumbai Bomb Blasts                 | 2003 (February)       |
|         6 | Izaz Pathan                               | Indian        | UAE               | Mumbai Bomb Blasts                 | 2003 (February)       |
|         7 | Mustafa Ahmed Umar Dosa                   | Indian        | UAE               | Mumbai Bomb Blasts                 | 2003 (March)          |
|         8 | Anil Ramachandran Parab                   | Indian        | UAE               | Murder                             | 2003 (April)          |
|         9 | K. Vijay Karunakar                        | Indian        | Nigeria           | Criminal Conspiracy and Cheating   | 2003 (July)           |
|        10 | Chetan M. Joglekar                        | Indian        | USA               | Criminal Conspiracy and Cheating   | 2003 (November)       |
|        11 | Ashok Tahilram Sadarangani                | Indian        | Hong Kong         | Financial Fraud                    | 2004 (June)           |
|        12 | Akhtar Husaini                            | Indian        | UAE               | Terrorism                          | 2004 (June)           |
|        13 | Tariq Abdul Karim @Tariq Parveen          | Indian        | UAE               | Sara Sahara Complex Case           | 2004 (July)           |
|        14 | Baldev Singh                              | Indian        | Canada            | Murder                             | 2004 (August)         |
|        15 | Sharmila Shanbag                          | Indian        | Germany           | Financial Fraud                    | 2004 (September)      |
|        16 | Allan John Waters                         | British       | USA               | Sexual Abuse of Children           | 2004 (September)      |
|        17 | Umarmiya Bukhari @Mamumiya                | Indian        | UAE               | Murder and Extortion               | 2004 (December)       |
|        18 | Charan Jeet Singh "Cheema'                | Indian        | USA               | Terrorism                          | 2005 (February)       |
|        19 | M. Varatharajaloo @M.V. Raja@ Louis Jaloo | Indian        | UAE               | Economic Offences                  | 2005 (March)          |
|        20 | Ashok Kumar Sharma                        | British       | Bulgaria          | Cheating                           | 2005 (May)            |
|        21 | Grant Duncan Alexander                    | British       | Tanzania/ Britain | Sexual Abuse of Children           | 2005 (June)           |
|        22 | Wulf IngnoWerner                          | Australian    | Australia         | Sexual Abuse of Children           | 2005 (August)         |
|        23 | Anil Vaju Bhai Dhanak                     | Indian        | UAE               | Criminal Conspiracy and Kidnapping | 2005 (September)      |
|        24 | Monica Bedi                               | Indian        | Portugal          | Passport Fraud                     | 2005 (November)       |
|        25 | Abu Salem                                 | Indian        | Portugal          | Criminal Cases                     | 2005 (November)       |
|        26 | Harpal Singh Cheema                       | Indian        | Canada            | TADA/Arms Act.                     | 2006 (May)            |
|        27 | Kulbir Singh Kulbeera @Barapind           | Indian        | USA               | Terrorism                          | 2006 (June)           |
|        28 | Bachan Singh Sogi                         | Indian        | Canada            | Criminal Breach of Trust           | 2006 (June)           |
|        29 | Kosaraju Venkateswara Rao                 | Indian        | Thailand          | Criminal Conspiracy                | 2006 (June)           |

|   Sl. No. | Name                                       | Nationality   | Extradited From   | Offences                                 | Year of Extradition   |
|-----------|--------------------------------------------|---------------|-------------------|------------------------------------------|-----------------------|
|        30 | Govind Srivastava                          | Indian        | Belgium           | Cheating &Forgery                        | 2006 (October)        |
|        31 | Nitin Umeshbhai Yagnik                     | Indian        | Mauritius         | Cheating &Criminal Breach of Trust       | 2007 (March)          |
|        32 | Malkiat Singh @Mitta                       | Canadian      | Canada            | Kidnapping/ Murder                       | 2007 (May)            |
|        33 | A.N. Ghosh                                 | Indian        | Germany           | Bank Fraud                               | 2007 (August )        |
|        34 | Rajesh K. Mehta                            | Indian        | Belgium           | Fraud                                    | 2007 (October)        |
|        35 | Baljeet Singh                              | Indian        | South Africa      | Murder                                   | 2008 (June)           |
|        36 | Joginder Singh                             | Indian        | South Africa      | Murder                                   | 2008 (June)           |
|        37 | Surender Kumar                             | Indian        | South Africa      | Murder                                   | 2008 (June)           |
|        38 | Narendra Rastogi                           | Indian        | USA               | Economic Offences                        | 2008 (July)           |
|        39 | Gurpreet Singh Bhullar                     | Indian        | Thailand          | Murder                                   | 2009 (May)            |
|        40 | Gunaranjan Suri                            | Indian        | USA               | Criminal Conspiracy and Cheating         | 2009 (July)           |
|        41 | Narender Kumar Gudgud                      | Indian        | USA               | Financial fraud                          | 2009 (August)         |
|        42 | Prem Suri                                  | Indian        | USA               | Criminal Conspiracy and Cheating         | 2009 (July)           |
|        43 | Malay Sumanchandra Parikh                  | Indian        | USA               | Fraud                                    | 2009 (September)      |
|        44 | Vijayan Gabriel                            | Indian        | Oman              | Murder                                   | 2010 (May)            |
|        45 | Yaniv Benaim @Atala                        | Israeli       | Peru              | Drug Offences, Theft and Financial Fraud | 2011(August)          |
|        46 | Subash Chandra Kapoor                      | USA national  | Germany           | Criminal Conspiracy                      | 2012 (July)           |
|        47 | Fasih Mohammad                             | Indian        | Saudi Arabia      | Criminal Conspiracy                      | 2012 (October)        |
|        48 | Nikil Prakash Shetty @Nishit Prakash Arasa | Indian        | UAE               | Criminal Conspiracy                      | 2013 (June)           |
|        49 | Ashok Dharmappa Devadika                   | Indian        | UAE               | Criminal Conspiracy                      | 2013 (August)         |
|        50 | Abdul Sathar @Manzoor                      | Indian        | UAE               | Terrorism                                | 2013 (August)         |
|        51 | Shammi Kumar                               | Indian        | UAE               | Murder                                   | 2014 (January)        |
|        52 | Usmane Ghani Khan                          | Indian        | Saudi Arabia      | Waging war against India                 | 2014 (April)          |
|        53 | Balwinder Singh                            | Indian        | USA               | Attempt to Murder                        | 2015 (March)          |
|        54 | Jagtar Singh Tara                          | Indian        | Thailand          | Murder                                   | 2015 (January)        |
|        55 | Bannaje Raja @Rajendra Bannanje            | Indian        | Morocco           | Murder                                   | 2015 (August)         |
|        56 | Monika Kapoor                              | Indian        | USA               | Fraud                                    | 2015 (October)        |
|        57 | Chhota Rajan@Rajendra Sadashiv Nikalje     | Indian        | Indonesia         | Murder &Kidnapping                       | 2015(November)        |
|        58 | Anup Chetia                                | Indian        | Bangladesh        | Waging war against India                 | 2015(November)        |
|        59 | Kollam Gangi Reddy                         | Indian        | Mauritius         | Attempt to murder                        | 2015 (November)       |
|        60 | Willy Naruenartwanich                      | Thai          | Thailand          | Waging war against India                 | 2015 (December)       |