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Akashas claim they are on brink of bankruptcy and emotional ruin

Baktash Akasha, Vijygiri Goswami, Gulam Hussein and Ibrahim Akasha during the mention of their Extradition case at the Mombasa Court. (Photo: File/Standard)

Two months after the controversial extradition of Baktash and Ibrahim to face drug charges in the US, their family in Mombasa remains inconsolable.

On January 30 this year, two Kenyan brothers, Baktash and Ibrahim Akasha, an Indian national Vijaygiri Goswami and a Pakistani national Gulam Hussein were taken out of the country. They were to face drug trafficking charges in a New York court.

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