India and Germany signed an extradition treaty on Thursday to combat crime and terrorism with mutual cooperation.
Home Minister L K Advani and Germany's Federal Minister of State Herta Daeubler-Gmelin signed the treaty. The signing of the treaty, on the concluding day of Advani's four-day visit to Germany, will enable the two countries to extradite to each other any person wanted by a competent authority for an extraditable offence.
Extraditable offences under the treaty are offences which are punishable under the laws of both the states and are punishable by a term of imprisonment of at least one year. Extradition will also be granted in respect of an attempt or conspiracy to commit, or aiding, abetting, inciting or participating as an accomplice in the commission of an extraditable offence, a senior Indian official told media persons.
The cooperation between the two states in signing the extradition treaty will be of great help in combating crime, especially heinous crimes like terrorist crimes. India and United Kingdom have also signed an extradition treaty in their efforts to combat heinous crimes, The official said. Bureau Report