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India Demands Fugitives

Ratchets up tensions with Pakistan.

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Rajanish Kakade

In the aftermath of the Mumbai attacks, India is ratcheting up tensions with Pakistan another notch: The Indian foreign minister has demanded that Pakistan arrest and hand over 20 fugitives wanted under Indian law. It’s the first concrete demand India has made of Pakistan since the attacks, which the fugitives are not believed to have been related to. Fugitives on the list include Dawood Ibrahim, India’s most powerful and most-wanted gangster, and Masood Azhar, a suspected terrorist who was freed in exchange for hostages in 1999.

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