New Delhi: Britain today (Aug 31, 2004) sent a request to India for extradition of Maninder Pal Singh Kohli, wanted by the Scotlandyard in connection with the rape and murder of a 17-year-old girl Hannah Foster.

The request was received by the Ministry of External Affairs from London Interpol after which the CBI (Central Bureau of Investigation) has alerted its Chandigarh unit to appear at a Chandigarh court tomorrow where Kohli's bail plea is to come up for hearing, a CBI spokesman said in New Delhi.

"We will ensure that he does not get the bail till his extradition request is decided upon," the spokesman said.

The extradition request came from the British Police barely 11 days before Kohli could be bailed out after the completion of his 60 days custody ending on September 12.

CBI had received a Letters Rogatory from a British Court in April last year requesting for his arrest. Kohli, 37, was arrested at Panighata near Indo-Nepal border, about 35 km from Siliguri, in West Bengal on July 15.

Hannah Foster went missing on March 14, 2003, in Southampton, England. Her body was found after two days and a post-mortem found that she had been raped and strangled to death. Kohli fled England for India within two days of the discovery of the body.