New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy is requesting help from India in extraditing Nazeer Hameed, the man charged in the 2017 murder of a mother and son in Maple Shade, to the United States.

Hameed was formally charged last month with the murder of 38-year-old Sasikala Narra and her 6-year-old son, Anish, in March 2017.

Murphy sent a letter and spoke with Vinay Kwatra, the ambassador of India to the U.S., last week to ask for the country's help with the extradition of Hameed, according to a news release from the governor's office.

The governor mentioned the 1997 Extradition Treaty between the U.S. and India and the "enduring spirit of cooperation between the two countries in upholding the rule of law and combating violent crime" in the letter. Murphy's full letter is available online

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