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The Indian government is making persistent efforts to bring back the fugitives and economic offenders from England. In that direction, a team from Britain's Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) has recently inspected Delhi's Tihar Jail.

The development is largely seen as a step towards the extradition of fugitives like Vijay Mallya, Sanjay Bhandari and Nirav Modi. They have long argued the issues of security and the condition of the Indian jails to prevent themselves from being extradited. Nirav Modi had even said that if he is extradited to India, he will either be killed or commit suicide.

The move has been effective too, but this time, the government is trying to pin them down. The visit of CPS hints that the extradition of these fugitives is under serious consideration of the English authorities.

In July this year, Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri's said that India is constantly putting its case before the British government so that the fugitives living there can be brought back to India for legal process.

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Durig the inspection, Indian officials assured the British team that if needed, a special enclave would be created in the jail premises, where high-profile accused can be kept safe.

The Indian government has also assured the officials that no accused will be subjected to illegal interrogation in jail. It is crucial as British courts had earlier rejected India's extradition requests because of the objections to the condition of Indian jails.

Nirav Modi, Vijay Mallya case

Among these requests, the prominent are Nirav Modi and Vijay Mallya, who currently reside in London. Malya is accused of defrauding banks of more than 9,000 crores. Similarly, Nirav Modi, who is the main accused in the Punjab National Bank scam, is lodged in a UK jail.

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In December 2019, India declared him a fugitive economic offender. Nirav Modi's properties have also been seized by the Enforcement Directorate (ED). The UK court has already approved the extradition.