India’s NCB secures extradition of wanted man from UAE using a ‘top-to-bottom and bottom-to-top’ approach, says Union Home Minister.
India’s Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) has secured the extradition of fugitive drug kingpin Virender Singh Basoya from the UAE, according to a statement by Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Friday.
The central law enforcement agency secured Basoya’s extradition as part of what Shah described as a “top-to-bottom and bottom-to-top approach” to dismantling drug trafficking networks.
Shah also praised the efforts of Indian authorities, saying in a post that the country’s agencies had once again demonstrated that drug traffickers cannot evade Indian law, regardless of where they hide.
Shah said the action marked a “new milestone” in India’s zero-tolerance policy towards narcotics.
The UAE has previously extradited several individuals wanted by Indian law enforcement agencies. In May, India’s top investigative agency announced the arrest of two wanted fugitives after securing their extradition from the UAE.
One of them, Kamlesh Parekh, was wanted in connection with a major banking fraud case involving Kolkata-based Shree Ganesh Jewellery House (I) Ltd.
According to an official statement from the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), Parekh was taken into custody in the UAE on May 1 after being traced there following an Interpol Red Notice. UAE authorities detained him, and after the necessary legal formalities between the two countries, he was handed over to Indian officials.
In a separate case the same day, the CBI also secured the extradition of Aalok Kumar, alias Yashpal Singh, from the UAE.
Kumar was wanted in connection with allegations including cheating, forgery, criminal conspiracy and the use of forged documents to obtain passports fraudulently. The case was registered by Haryana Police, and he was brought back to India on May 1.
The cases underscore the growing cooperation between Indian and UAE authorities in locating and extraditing individuals wanted in connection with narcotics, economic offences and other criminal cases.
