A European businessman wanted for corruption cases by tens of millions of people has been asked by the Indian authorities, the Dubai Court of Cassation, to reject his extradition request to India, which was previously approved by the Criminal Court and upheld by the Court of Appeal, citing a miscarriage of law.
In a memorandum submitted to the Court of Cassation, the lawyer said that the Indian authorities had asked their state counterparts to extradite the defendant (KJM), who owns a company in Dubai, on charges of exploiting his position, bribery, money laundering and fraud, Indian media.
The prosecutor referred the request to the criminal court, which ruled that he could be extradited to the Indian authorities. The appellate court upheld it. The defendant's defense stated that the sentence was wrong in applying the law, specifically in the interpretation and application of the bilateral agreement between the UAE and India, It states that the applicant from the Indian side should be the Ministry of Internal Affairs, while the applicant in this case is the Indian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
According to the defense, before the Court of Cassation, there is a second aspect of the error in applying the law is the violation of the jurisdiction of the Dubai courts in the trial of the accused in accordance with the law and the treaty with the Republic of India, explaining that the accused has a company in the free zone in Dubai, The company was used in money laundering and bribery. It requires trial within the state, not extradition, and money-laundering offenses are within the jurisdiction of state courts, even if they are not carried out on their territory.
According to the extradition agreement between the two Governments, in the case of a person who has not yet been tried, the justifiable evidence must be attached to his arrest and trial, which did not occur in the extradition request, since the State of India has not provided the justifiable evidence of his arrest.
According to the memo, the details of the incident began when the Indian Air Force needed 12 helicopters, and asked the Indian Ministry of Defense from more than 15 international companies offers prices, and was a tender in accordance with established procedures, and won a British company - Italy, the accused works as a consultant and expert The deal was canceled after the change of the ministry and the occurrence of political differences, pointing out that the Italian judiciary acquitted the company from the accusations of the Indian authorities, and then the defendant was acquitted and did not It is issued with the slightest error M in absentia.
India went to the businessman to take advantage of his office and bribery, money laundering and fraud.