Three days after the handover of a US citizen of Bangladesh origin, suspected of having terror links, to the US Federal Bureau of Investigation, the government on Sunday claimed he was deported while law experts contradicted the governments claim saying the process was done in violation of law and the constitution.

Ehsanul Islam Sadequee, accused of making materially false statements in connection with an ongoing federal terrorism investigation, was arrested in Bangladesh on Thursday and was en route to New York City to be arraigned.
The minister for law, Moudud Ahmed, and the state minister for home affairs, Lutfozzaman Babar, claimed on Sunday that Ehsanul was deported to the United States in accordance with law and there was nothing wrong in such deportations.
Both the ministers made the statements to the press after the US ambassador, Patricia A Butenis, had called on them separately in their offices.
The law minister told reporters, Although of Bangladesh origin, Ehsanul is a US citizen and sovereign Bangladesh has the inherent power to deport any citizens of another country if their country requests the government.
Answering another query, he said, There is no legal bar on such deportations even in the absence of any extradition treaty.
Butenis, however, refused making any comments on the issue on Sunday when she came out of the office of the law minister.
Lutfozzaman Babar told reporters that Ehsanul was deported after he had been arrested by local detectives.
It is not the first of such deportation It is a routine work and we have deported many in the past too, Babar told reporters after the US ambassador had called on him in his office.
It is a routine work. So far some five to seven citizens of other countries have been deported from Bangladesh in a year, he said.
Answering a question on extradition treaty, he said the government of any country can deport any citizens of other countries any time and an extradition treaty is not required for this.
He said the movement of Ehsanul was suspicious and that is why he was deported from Bangladesh.
The Supreme Court Bar Association president, M Amirul Islam, and law expert M Zahir contradicted the ministers claim, saying that the whole process was done in violation of the constitution and law.
According to the constitution, any person needs to be produced before the nearest magistrate within a period of 24 hours of the arrest, Amirul Islam told New Age on Sunday, quoting the constitutional provision. But in the present case, such constitutional provision has not been maintained.
Both of the law experts, however, said deportations can be made even in the absence of any extradition treaty.
But, before such deportations, the government has to satisfy that such a deportation should be made on examining the hard evidences against the person, M Zahir told New Age on Sunday.
If the government says that Ehsanul has been deported on valid grounds, it should disclose the hard evidences that have led the government to make such a decision, he said.
If Ehsanul had been wanted for any criminal offences in the United States or if there had been any warrant against him issued by Interpol, both the governments should have discussed the issue before his arrest and deportation, Amirul Islam said.
He said, There should be a reciprocal arrangement and the Bangladesh government now should ask the United States to hand over the self-proclaimed killers of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman to Bangladesh.
Asked about the issue, the law minister said, It is a matter of the home affairs ministry and the law ministry has nothing to do about it.
When asked whether Ehsanul had come on a Bangladesh visa and how he could manage to get it being a person with a warrant against him the United States, Moudud told New Age the question should be put before the home ministry and the foreign ministry.