Overview

• Officials say the visiting team inspected high-security wards at Tihar in July, spoke with inmates, and found standards largely acceptable.
• India told the delegation it can set up a segregated enclave inside Tihar to house high-profile extraditees under enhanced safety protocols.
• After UK courts flagged prison risks in recent rulings, CPS urged formal assurances and India provided a sovereign guarantee in the Awasty case.
• Indian officials expect the assessment to aid cases concerning fugitives such as Vijay Mallya, Nirav Modi and Sanjay Bhandari in UK courts.
• Government data lists 178 pending extradition requests worldwide, nearly 20 with the UK, while CPS and the British High Commission declined comment; reports differ on whether the team had four or five members.