Patna, April 10 -- Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Vijay Kumar Sinha on Thursday hailed Prime Minister Narendra Modi as the 2008 Mumbai terror attacks accused Tahawwur Rana nears his extradition to India, saying that those hiding would be brought back to the country and receive punishment.

He said this was the "biggest proof" of PM Modi's resolve to make India "terror-free".

"Prime Minister Modi had said that we will make India terror-free, and this is the biggest proof that those hiding anywhere in the world will be brought to India and punished," Sinha told reporters.

Speaking on the opposition's criticism of the law and order situation in Bihar, Sinha lashed out at the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) and Congress, saying that criminals were ...