Tiger Hanif to be extradited to India from UK

London: Tiger Hanif, a close aide of Daewood Ibrahim and a wanted person in 1993 Bombings in Gujarat, has lost his appeal to an UK court against his exradition to India. Subsequently, the road for his extradition have been cleared.

Tiger Hanif whose full name is  Mohammed Hanif Umerji Patel aged 51, was traced to a grocery store in Bolton, Greater Manchester in March 2010.

Tiger Hanif is wanted in India for his alleged role in a grenade attack on a packed market place which killed an 8-year-old schoolgirl in Surat in 1993.

He is also accused of plotting to carry out a second grenade attack at a crowded railway station which seriously wounded 12 commuters.