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UAE Cabinet approves extradition agreement with India

Updated on: 10 December,2012 11:25 AM IST  | 
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The UAE Cabinet has approved an extradition agreement that the Gulf nation had signed with India for facilitating the transfer of Indian convicts to spend the remaining jail term in their home country.

UAE Cabinet approves extradition agreement with India

The agreement, which was signed by the two countries in November last year, is expected to help around 1,200 Indian prisoners who have been languishing in UAE prisons.u00a0


The Cabinet approved the extradition agreement yesterday.


As per the agreement, Indian prisoners in the UAE jails, those who have been sentenced, will have a choice to spend the remaining prison term in India.


A similar agreement signed between the UAE and Pakistan was also ratified and the arrangement of transport procedures was discussed.
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