Dhaka, Delhi agree on extradition

Dhaka is ready to extradite Anup Chetia, leader of Indian separatist outfit United Liberation Front of Asom, who is currently in Bangladesh prison.

New Delhi for its part has expressed its willingness to extradite Nur Hossain, the alleged mastermind of the Narayanganj seven-murder, now in Indian prison.

"We are ready for his extradition" Senior Home Secretary Mozammel Haque Khan said, adding that earlier Anup had sought political asylum in Bangladesh but recently expressed his willingness to return to India. 

He, however, did not give any timeframe for the extradition.

The legal process for Nur Hossain's extradition has already begun, Mozammel told reporters yesterday, the second day of the three-day home secretary-level talks between Bangladesh and India.

The talks began on Tuesday at a hotel in the capital.

The meeting also discussed that India may place the bill of land boundary protocol in its next parliament session for ratification in November.

The immediate past Congress-led government failed to pass it for lack of required majority in the Lok Sabha. The BJP, which now has the majority in parliament, had then opposed the bill.

The protocol was signed during former Indian prime minister Manmohan Singh's visit to Dhaka in September 2011. Its ratification is likely to settle the longstanding land related disputes between the two countries.

During the meeting, Bangladesh and India reached an agreement to bring down border killing to zero.

Bangladesh proposed that the Indian border force should not kill Bangladeshi nationals in case of trespass, but hand them over to the law enforcers, Mozammel said.

The meeting also discussed border management issues, trafficking of arms, drugs, women and children, training for Border Guard Bangladesh and police by India.

Mozammel led a 13-member Bangladesh delegation at the meeting while his Indian counterpart Anil Goswami a 16-member delegation.