The government on Thursday told the Rajya Sabha that the Portugal government has agreed to hand over underworld don Abu Salem to India.
"Members are aware we do not have an extradition treaty with Portugal. But Portugal has been kind enough and ready to hand over Abu Salem to us," Minister of State for External Affairs Digvijay Singh told the members during Question Hour.
In reply to another query on the identity of the person detained, Singh said, "We have been told he is Abu Salem."
On the deportation of the underworld don Dawood Ibrahim's brother, Iqbal Hasan Sheikh, and his close associate Ijaz Pathan from Dubai last night, Singh said success or failure to get wanted criminals extradited from countries with which India does not have an extradition treaty depended solely on the concerned countries.
