A man accused by police in India of helping smuggle a family of four through Canada just before they froze to death on the Manitoba side of the U.S. border more than three years ago has been arrested

Fenil Patel was taken into custody "pursuant to an extradition request from the United States of America," a Canadian Justice Department spokesperson told CBC News in an email Monday.

Spokesperson Katelyn Moores said the department couldn't disclose further details, "as extradition requests are confidential state-to-state communications."

A spokesperson for the U.S. Department of Justice declined to comment on the update. CBC News also reached out to the RCMP on Monday.

Indian police previously alleged Patel was one of two men who helped transport the family to the border during a blinding

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