<p>Indian officials accompanying Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to Dhaka said a request was made to Bangladeshi counterparts.<br /><br />"But they (Bangladesh) have a legal process. We have made a request. Let us see."<br />Chetia, who is ULFA general secretary, is currently lodged in a Dhaka jail. He and his two associates were arrested in Dhaka on December 21, 1997 and sentenced to seven years for illegal intrusion.<br /><br />The issue of handing over of Chetia had figured in talks between the two governments when Home Minister P Chidambaram had visited Dhaka in July this year.<br /><br />Chetia has sought asylum in Bangladesh and refused to return to India, even after his jail term ended here, apprehending insecurity of his life.<br /><br />Sources said Chetia could become the first person to be deported to India after India and Bangladesh sign an extradition treaty which is under discussion.</p>
<p>Indian officials accompanying Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to Dhaka said a request was made to Bangladeshi counterparts.<br /><br />"But they (Bangladesh) have a legal process. We have made a request. Let us see."<br />Chetia, who is ULFA general secretary, is currently lodged in a Dhaka jail. He and his two associates were arrested in Dhaka on December 21, 1997 and sentenced to seven years for illegal intrusion.<br /><br />The issue of handing over of Chetia had figured in talks between the two governments when Home Minister P Chidambaram had visited Dhaka in July this year.<br /><br />Chetia has sought asylum in Bangladesh and refused to return to India, even after his jail term ended here, apprehending insecurity of his life.<br /><br />Sources said Chetia could become the first person to be deported to India after India and Bangladesh sign an extradition treaty which is under discussion.</p>