The Ministry of External Affairs has formally started the process to extradite fugitive Hussain Mohammed Shattaf alias Hussain Mehboob Khokhawala from the United Arab Emirates. Shattaf is the key accused in the 2006 murder of retired Merchant Navy Captain Manmohan Singh Virdi in Maharashtra’s Lonavala. According to officials, the extradition request was sent to the Indian Embassy in the UAE last week.






