India and Bangladesh have moved close to finalising the draft extradition treaty. It would facilitate handing over of terrorists and criminals operating on the other's soil.

AIR correspondent says, if approved the agreement will pave the way for extradition of ULFA general secretary Anup Chetia from Bangladesh . Official sources said this at the end of the first day of the two day home secretary level talks in New Delhi Saturday evening.

The meeting also discussed expediting the implementation of the pact on demarcation of land boundary and exchange of 162 adversely-held enclaves, which was signed during Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's visit to Dhaka in September.

Sources said that Bangladesh noted with satisfaction that the incidents of firing by Indian security forces on cross-border criminals has come down drastically over the last ten months.

Cross-border movement of criminals and terrorists, exchange of Indian and Bangladeshi prisoners who are languishing in each other's jails after having completed their sentence, border management, illegal migration, human trafficking and narcotics smuggling also came up for discussion . The meeting also deliberated on exchange of information on arrested persons.

AIR Correspondent reports that the Joint Working Group of India and Bangladesh met in New Delhi yesterday and prepared the agenda for the talks. The Indian side at the talks is led by the Home Secretary R K Singh and the Bangladesh side by his counterpart Monzur Hussain.