- Saturday, April 20, 2024
By: Keerthi Mohan
A BRITISH resident faces extradition to India for her alleged role in the murder of an orphan from Gujarat.
Arti Dhir, a British citizen born in Kenya, was arrested in 2017 over the murder of the 12-year-old boy in February 2017.
The 52-year-old appeared before Westminster Magistrates’ Court in London on Wednesday (23) for a hearing on her bail application, which is pending as her family members sort out nearly £50,000 as security.
Dhir remains in custody until the security is deposited with the court.
According to an investigation by the Gujarat police, Dhir and two other accused – Nitish Mund and Kanwaljit Raizada – adopted the boy in 2015 and insured him for around Rs 13 million before staging his kidnapping and murder.
The three are alleged to have plotted splitting the life insurance payout following the boy’s death.
The young boy and his brother-in-law Harshukh Karadani were attacked and their bodies found along a road outside Rajkot, in Gujarat.
Interpol issued a ‘red notice’ for Dhir in April last year.
Dhir, who worked at Heathrow Airport, is alleged to have met Mund and Raizada while they were students in London.
Dhir’s extradition hearing is scheduled at Westminster Magistrates’ Court for April 30.
