A 66-year-old Indian citizen Sundar Nagarajan has been arrested in London on suspicion of funding the proscribed terrorist organization Hezbollah, British police said.
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According to ANI, Metropolitan Police press release read,”Sundar Nagarajan, (27.08.57) of Hayes UB3, was taken into police custody before appearing at Westminster Magistrates’ Court this afternoon for commencement of extradition proceedings.”
Officers from the National Extradition Unit – acting on an international arrest warrant – detained Nagarajan from west London following a request by US authorities.
Madurai-born Sundar Nagarajan also known as Kasiviswanathan Naga and Nagarajan Sundar Poongulam, now faces extradition to the US where he faces charges of helping to launder money to evade US sanctions and fund Hezbollah. Hezbollah is a terrorist organization from Lebanon backed by Iran, which the UK and US governments classified as a terrorist organization.
Nagarajan is reportedly an international accountant for art collector and diamond dealer Nazem Ahmed, who was also arrested by the British Police on suspicion of funding terrorism.
He was taken into police custody before appearing at Westminster Magistrates’ Court this afternoon for the commencement of extradition proceedings. He was remanded to next appear at the same court on April 25, added the release.
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