Attorney General Mahbubey Alam yesterday said bringing back Nur Hossain to face the trial into Narayanganj killings depended on the withdrawal of the case filed against him in India for intrusion into that country.
“As a case of illegal entrance against Nur Hossain is pending before the court of Kolkata, the Indian government has to withdraw the case for sending back the accused of Narayanganj seven-murder incident,” he told the Dhaka Tribune.
“I have heard that Bangladesh has got a positive response from the neighbouring country regarding getting him back.”
Bringing back an accused from a foreign country was basically a matter of diplomacy, the top law officer of the country added.
On July 2, Foreign Minister AH Mahmood Ali told parliament that Indian Foreign Minister Sushma Swaraj had assured him about the extradition of Nur Hossain.
Neither India nor Bangladesh has extradited any criminal since the countries signed a treaty in this regard in January last year. The treaty came into effect in October last year.
Kolkata police held Nur Hossain and his two accomplices from an apartment near the Kolkata airport on June 15 for trespassing and illegal possession of arms. They are now facing trial in India.
On May 22, Bangladesh issued a warning with Interpol to trace Nur Hossain who had gone to Kolkata after the brutal killings of seven people in Narayanganj in April this year.