UK home secretary Suella Braverman has ordered the extradition of defense middleman Sanjay Bhandari to India.
Braverman ordered Bhandari’s extradition on January 12 this year. Bhandari has 14 days from January 12 to put in an application seeking permission to appeal both the decision of the judge and of the home secretary in the administrative court of the high court.
Bhandari, who was arrested in London on July 15, 2020 and has conditional bail.
Bhandari faces a raft of criminal investigations back in India. He is being investigated by Delhi police for offenses under the Official Secrets Act 1923, by the CBI for two cases of criminal conspiracy, cheating and “acceptance of illegal gratification”, and by the Enforcement Directorate in two other money-laundering cases.