Roger Sahota has been instructed in a request to extradite two persons accused of serious fraud made by the Government of India before the Westminster Magistrates Court.

The extradition request will be vigorously resisted and is expected to be heard in 2016. Bars to extradition that will be raised include challenges to the request as an abuse of process and allegations of judicial corruption related to the proceedings in India.

Roger Sahota is one of the leading solicitor experts in international criminal law.

Counsel instructed are Ben Keith of 5 St Andrews Hill and Ben Cooper of Doughty Street Chambers