Big win for India as UK court allows extradition of fugitive arms dealer Sanjay Bhandari

Sanjay Bhandari Case: A UK court has allowed the extradition of fugitive arms dealer Sanjay Bhandari to India. Sanjay Bhandari had allegedly received payments amounting to over Rs 400 crore from foreign entities in connection with defence deals during the UPA regime.

The fugitive arms dealer will now be brought to India. Legal action was being carried out against Sanjay Bhandari on the basis of records from transactions conducted with several firms in Dubai. The trial was being conducted at the Westminster Magistrates’ Court in London.

The Indian government was seeking the extradition of arms dealer Sanjay Bhandari on the grounds of money laundering and failing to declare his foreign assets. The last arguments in the extradition case were heard at Westminster Magistrates’ Court, London
on October 4 and the verdict has now been delivered.

Money laundering charges have been framed in India against Sanjay Bhandari on behalf of CBI and ED. Being in the UK, he has been declared a fugitive. The Indian government had appealed to the UK for Sanjay Bhandari’s extradition.

On June 16, 2020, the then British Home Minister Priti Patel had accepted Sanjay Bhandari’s extradition request. After this, he was arrested on July 15, 2020. He was granted bail by the court on seven conditions, including depositing his passport with security of £1.2 million, being under house arrest in central London and making daily attendance at the nearest police station.

According to some reports, Sanjay Bhandari, declared a fugitive in the money laundering case, is said to be close to Robert Vadra, husband of Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi. The Enforcement Directorate (ED) is also probing Vadra’s purchase of a bungalow from Bhandari in London at a very cheap price. However, Vadra has denied having any business relationship with him.

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