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Sadequee produced before NY court, bail rejected No treaty needed to deport foreign national: Babar DEEPAK ACHARJEE and ASRAFUL HUQ State Minister for Home Affairs Lutfozzaman Babar yesterday said that the US-citizen of Bangladeshi origin Ehsanul Islam Sadequee (19) had been deported from the country. Babar told newsmen that extradition treaty was not needed to deport a foreign national like Ehsanul Islam Sadequee. The Government of a country can deport any foreign national from its land, Babar told journalists after US Ambassador Patricia Butenis called on him at his office. Replying to a question, he said that movement of Sadequee was suspicious and that is why he was deported from Bangladesh. "It is a routine work. So far some 5 to 7 foreign nationals have been deported from Bangladesh in last one year," he said. "Five or seven people are usually handed over to foreign countries every year on the basis of the reports of different intelligence agencies," Babar told the journalists. Terming Sadequee as a foreign citizen, Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Barrister Moudud Ahmed said any country could hand over a foreign citizen. He said there is no legal barrier in the law in handing over a foreign citizen to his country like Sadequee. Extradition of a US citizen of Bangladeshi-origin Ehsanul Islam Sadequee, who was arrested on April 17 from the capital, to the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), was not done as per the "Extradition Act-1974," sources said. As per Section 4 of the act, the government can hand over the extradited person to a foreign country after issuance of a gazette notification by the Home Ministry the sources said. If the government wants to hand over a 'deportee', the foreign ministry would be required to inform the matter to the Home Ministry for its approval. After getting approval of the home ministry the government can hand over the deportee to the concerned authority. When contacted over telephone, Dr M Zahir, expressing concern over the extradition of Sadequee, told The Independent yesterday that as per the international law government could hand over any extradited person to any country. But, he hastened to add that the nation had the right to know what evidence did Bangladesh government possess in support of Sadequee's involvement in terrorist activities. Home Ministry sources said, Bangladesh has extradition treaty with Thailand only. The government has earlier taken initiatives to sign extradition treaty with some countries including USA, India and Pakistan, but the treaty is yet to be signed. Nearly 200 foreign nationals are now in Bangladesh jail custody after expiry of their conviction. Over the past one year, FBI personnel arrested two US citizens of Bangladesh-origin Ehsanul Islam Sadequee and Mohammad Hossain, for their alleged involvement in terrorism. Earlier on April 17, the intelligence agencies of Bangladesh arrested Sadequee from Kalachandpur Bridge police check-post near Baridhara-DOHS in the city when he, along with his newly-wed wife, were returning home after shopping, sources said. Later, he was pushed back to USA, sources added. Sadequee was produced before the US Eastern District Court in New York at around 11.20 on the night of Saturday Bangladesh Time, for his alleged involvement in international crime syndicate, sources said. The court sent him to jail rejecting his bail prayer. The hearing of bail prayer of Sadequee will be held on April 28 (Friday). A charge was brought against Sadequee for violation of Sub-Section 18 of the Section 1001 (A)(2) of the Federal Act after he gave false information about his involvement in terrorist activities to the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) during his interrogation, the sources further said. The maximum punishment, if he is found guilty of the charges, will be eight years imprisonment and a fine of 2.5 lakh US dollars. The US media, including the CNN and the New York Times, highlighted the news of his arrest. Some US media linked the arrest of Sadequee with the arrest of Pakistani-born Syed Haris Ahmed, a student of mechanical engineering, who was arrested on March 23 by the FBI. From Georgia and took him into federal custody on charge of giving "material support" to a terrorist organisation. Ehsanul Islam Sadequee's sister Sharmin Sadequee told a local newspaper in Michigan, USA on Thursday that Bangladeshi authorities had arrested his brother. She also said that FBI members questioned his brother Sadequee and his family members several times during the last eight months. Sadequee's family immigrated to the USA in the early 80s. A bearded youth, Sadequee, born in Fairfax, Virginia State of the US is a citizen of the US by birth. He attended a British school in Bangladesh from 2001 to 2004. UNB adds: "There is no imminent threat," said FBI Special Agent Richard Kolko, a spokesman in Washington. Authorities said the two men spent several days in Canada, where they met with others being investigated by the terrorism task force. Sadequee is accused of lying about the trip when he was interviewed at John F. Kennedy International Airport in August as he was about to leave for Bangladesh. The affidavit said Sadequee had said he travelled alone in January to visit an aunt. 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