Pushing harder for an early extradition treaty with Bangladesh, New Delhi is working overtime to address some of the concerns raised by Dhaka in the last few months on the contentious issue. This is clearly reflected in the classified
draft of the proposed extradition treaty shared by Union home secretary R.K. Singh with his Bangladeshi counterpart, Mr Monzur Hossain, during the home secretary-level talks that concluded here Monday.
According to the draft, accessed by this newspaper, the treaty will not be applicable to political offences. However, cases of heinous crime like terrorism, murder including assassination of political personalities, and culpable homicide not amounting to murder will be covered by the treaty.
This list of crimes also include “hostage-taking, hijacking, assault causing bodily harm, kidnapping, offences involving serious damage to property or disruption of public facilities and offences relating to firearms or other weapons or explosives or dangerous substances”. Highly placed home ministry sources said an extradition treaty with Bangladesh will have a severe impact on Northeast militant groups operating out of that country.