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Holland sends papers to UK to extradite i-flex CEO

May 02, 2003 18:35 IST

Britain has received documents from the Netherlands government seeking extradition of i-flex chief (of Europe) Senthil Kumar, currently on bail, a London court was informed on Friday.

After hearing from the solicitor representing the Netherlands Government that Britain's Crown Prosecution Service has received the documents, the Bow Street Magistrate's Court put off the hearing of the case for May 15.

Kumar was arrested and sent to Brixton Prison for a week in March following an Interpol alert over a complaint filed against his company in Amsterdam that 14 of his employees were working in the Netherlands without proper work permits.

Kumar has been accused of involvement in providing false references for a number of company employees to Holland.

The i-flex CEO, who was released on a bail of pounds 20,000 and asked to surrender his passport, was present in the court on Friday along with his Barrister Hugo Keith.

Kumar has the option to contest any extradition move and if he challenges it, the Magistrate's court will de facto become a trial court to inquire into the charges against him.

The i-flex office in Mumbai has claimed that the visa documents of all employees in Amsterdam were in order. They were on business visa while their work permits were being processed. All the employees had returned to India since the Netherlands Government lodged the complaint.

The Indian government had slammed the arrest and accused the Netherlands of practising "neo-protectionism" by hampering free flow of professionals and services under the World Trade Organisation.



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