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19) In addition to the requisition by the then Minister of State for External Affairs and the Gazette Notification, on 17.12.2002, an assurance was extended by the then Deputy Prime Minister of India which reads as under:
"L.K. ADVANI Deputy Prime Minister No. I/11011/90/2000-IS-IV December 17, 2002 Excellency, At the outset, I would like to express my deep appreciation for your letter October 4, 2002 in response to the letter of our External Affairs Minister of September 23, 2002 regarding the return of Abu Salem Abdul Qayoom Ansari to India. In your letter, you had advised that a formal extradition request be presented which would fulfill the requirements of Portuguese law. Accordingly, the concerned authorities in India have been in the process of preparing the required formal extradition request for presentation.
Please accept, your Excellency, the assurance of my highest consideration.
Sd/- illegible (L.K. ADVANI) H.E. MR. ANTONIO MARTINS DA CRUZ MINISTER FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS PORTUGAL"
20) In pursuance of all the above assurances and communications, on 28.03.2003, the Ministerial order came to be passed admitting extradition amongst others for Section 120B read with Section 302 IPC, Section 3(2) of TADA.