The government today is likely to hand over to the UK a British citizen of Bangladesh origin who has been accused in a murder case in London.
Joint Secretary (political) Kamal Uddin Ahmed of home ministry said a team of London Metropolitan Police in presence of a representative of British High Commission in Bangladesh will receive the accused, Mohiuddin Bablu, at the gate of Dhaka Central Jail.
Bangladesh police will escort Mohiuddin to the Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport to send him to London where he committed a murder in 1996.
He fled to his home district Sylhet in 1997.
A home ministry source said Mohiuddin was arrested in Bangladesh in an arms case. He was sentenced to 10 years' imprisonment and the jail term ended in 2008.
But he was not released as the British government requested for his handover.
"We will hand him over to the UK under the extradition law of the land," Kamal Uddin said.
The deputy inspector general of Dhaka Central Jail said they have made preparation for releasing Mohiuddin.
Source : The Daily Star
