Bangladesh seeks extradition of Burdwan blast accused

NEW DELHI: Bangladesh home minister Asaduzzaman Khan has sought the extradition of Burdwan blast accused and Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) terrorist Nurul Hoque Mondal alias Naeem, arrested by NIA from Kolkata last year, during bilateral talks with his counterpart Rajnath Singh here on Thursday .
Hoque, as per the NIA chargesheet filed in the Burdwan blasts case, was a key player in JMB's larger conspiracy to topple the Sheikh Hasina government in Bangladesh and establish Sharia law there.
Khan, who also called on PM Narendra Modi, was assured by the latter of India's full support to Dhaka in its war on terror in the wake the recent attacks faced by it, the latest being at an upscale restaurant where alleged ISinspired JMB cadres killed 22 people, including Indian girl Tarishi Jain. Khan is said to have pressed for Hoque's extradition to face trial in Bangladesh for furthering JMB's conspiracy against the Hasina government. Singh, on his part, has agreed to examine the request.
During his questioning by NIA, Hoque had revealed that he had gone to Bangladesh and stayed at Jatrabadi in Dhaka and also in Mirpur for nearly one and-a-half months and was trained in bomb-making by one Bashir alias Talha and Anish alias Kausar. Bashir is the son of senior JMB member Saidur Rahman.
During the delegation level talks, India and Bangladesh agreed to enhance cooperation on anti-terror front with Dhaka saying that New Delhi will be “side-byside“ with it in fighting terrorism. They also finalised amendment to the bilateral extradition treaty to facilitate prompt exchange of each other's wanted terrorists and other criminals.