Middleman Sanjay Bhandari will be brought to India, British court has given green signal, extradition file came to Suella Braverman

India had talked to the UK government to extradite Sanjay Bhandari who had fled to the UK in 2020. The extradition request of the Government of India was accepted by the then Home Minister Priti Patel in June 2020. He was arrested the following month on an extradition warrant.

Sanjay Bhandari extradition: Sanjay Bhandari, the alleged adviser in the middle man and arms deals, can be brought to India from the UK. A UK court has allowed middleman Sanjay Bhandari to be extradited to India to face charges of tax evasion and money laundering. UK Home Minister Suella Braverman has to decide on Bhandari’s extradition file. If the British government agreed, then Middleman Sanjay Bhandari would be handed over to India.

London’s Westminster Magistrates’ Court sent the file to the Ministry of Home Affairs

Actually, the matter regarding the extradition of Sanjay Bhandari is going on for a long time. Apart from money laundering case, he is also accused of tax evasion. The extradition case of 60-year-old Sanjay Bhandari was going on in London’s Westminster Magistrates’ Court. District Judge Michael Snow ruled that there was no reason to prevent extradition to India in the case of Sanjay Bhandari. He can be extradited to India. Therefore, now the Home Ministry can take a decision in this matter. The court sent the file to Home Minister Suella Braverman for decision-making along with the decision. However, the magistrate also said that he should be kept in a separate cell and medical facility should also be given. The UK’s Crown Prosecution Service (CPS), on behalf of the Indian authorities, argued that Bhandari’s conduct amounted to fraud by false representation in British jurisdiction.

India had demanded extradition two years ago

India had talked to the UK government to extradite Sanjay Bhandari who had fled to the UK in 2020. The extradition request of the Government of India was accepted by the then Home Minister Priti Patel in June 2020. He was arrested the following month on an extradition warrant. Bhandari is wanted in India for the offenses of tax evasion, money laundering. It is being told that in 2015 he was a citizen of India for tax evasion. He is accused of concealing foreign assets and evading tax by using old documents.