Court orders hand-over of tresspasser to Bangladesh

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Press Trust of India Barasat (WB)
Last Updated : Oct 16 2015 | 6:42 PM IST
A local court here today ordered that Bangladeshi national Nur Hossain, who was arrested last year from Kolkata on charges of trespassing into India, be handed over to Bangladesh government to face in a in murder case there.
Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate of North 24 Parganas district Sandipan Chakrabarty asked the authorities to comply with his order within December 16.
Public Prosecutor Bikash Ranjan Dey said Bangladesh government had requested Indian government to hand over Hossain to them as he was accused of murder in his country.
"The magistrate has withdrawn all charges against him so that he can be sent back to Bangladesh," he said.
Hossain, who fled to India after the murder, was arrested in Kolkata in June last year as he was found staying in India without valid documents.
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First Published: Oct 16 2015 | 6:42 PM IST

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