Dhaka sends Delhi list of criminals
Dhaka has handed Delhi a list of criminals it wants back. The list includes Nur Hossain, the alleged mastermind behind the Narayanganj seven-murder.
The issue will be discussed today at the three-day long home secretary-level talks that began yesterday, said Additional Home Secretary Kamal Uddin Ahmed, adding that India wanted Anup Chetia, leader of India's separatist outfit United Liberation Front of Asom, who is currently behind bars in Bangladesh.
"At the Joint Working Group meeting, we have fixed several important issues, including halting border killings, deportation of sentenced prisoners, drug and arms trafficking for discussion tomorrow," he said coming out of the JWG meeting at Hotel Sonargaon in the capital.
Under Transfer of Sentenced Prisoner (TSP) treaty between Bangladesh and India, the government will bring back 32 Bangladeshi nationals serving sentences in Indian jails, while India will take back their 12 such nationals.
He added that 879 Indian nationals are currently severing time in Bangladesh.
Regarding Indian separatists' alleged hideouts in Bangladesh, he said India will raise the issue, but Bangladesh does not allow any such elements to use its land.
His Indian counterpart stressed the need for checking fake Indian currencies, he said adding that Indian fake currencies are not produced in Bangladesh but they are used for trafficking.
The additional home secretary said both Bangladesh and India have agreed to open another immigration point at Banglabandha-Fulbaria.
In efforts to halt border killings, Dhaka will request Delhi to hand over those who would be caught trespassing on Indian soil, he said.
Kamal Uddin led a 12-member Bangladeshi delegation while Shambhu Singh, joint secretary of Indian home ministry, led a 13-member delegation.
At the secretary-level talks today in Dhaka, Senior Home Secretary Mozammel Haque Khan is likely to lead a 13-member Bangladesh delegation and his counterpart Anil Goswami a 16-member delegation.
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