Jabir Motiwala lost his extradition case to the US that wants him for extortion, money laundering and "conspiracy to import narcotics into the USA". (File photo: ANI)

Judge John Zani of the Westminster Magistrate Court ordered the extradition of Pakistani national and Dawood Ibrahim's alleged aide Jabir Motiwala on Thursday, subject to the signature from Home Secretary Priti Patel.

Jabir Motiwala, who identifies himself as Jabir Siddiq born on November 6, 1966, lost his extradition case to the US that wants him for extortion, money laundering and "conspiracy to import narcotics into the USA".

The judgment was given in two parts: one open to the public and the other "partly closed" due to some "sensitive" evidence provided in the court when the press was asked to leave the courtroom for a bit during the trial.

While giving out the verdict Judge Zani said, "I have rejected all your challenges. I have thought them through carefully, but I have decided to send the matter to the Secretary of State to decide on extradition."

Home Secretary of the UK Priti Patel has sixty days to sign this order.

Motiwala joined via video link from Wandsworth prison in London where Nirav Modi has been remanded in custody too. Motiwala showed not much emotions when the judgment was given.

The arrest warrant of Jabir Motiwala- the alleged right hand of Dawood- was signed on August 15, 2018 by the then Home Secretary. He was then arrested from Hilton Hotel, London on August 17 and produced in the Westminster Magistrate Court on August 21, 2018 when his bail was rejected. He was remanded in custody in Wandsworth Prison and been there since.

The full extradition hearing commenced from July 1, 2019 where Motiwala was represented by Edward Fitzgerald QC leading Daniel Sternberg and the US government was represented by John Hardy QC.

The court heard on behalf of the US government from the prosecution that Jabir Motiwala was a "high ranking" official of the D Company. "Mr Motiwala, a high-ranking member of D Company, travels extensively and conducts meetings for its head- one Dawood Ibrahim, an Indian Muslim who along with his brother Anis Ibrahim are fugitives from Indian justice."

At one point during the trial, Jabir Motiwala was referred to as the "top lieutenant" of the D Company, "an international terrorist organisation" involved in "money laundering, extortion and the worst terrorist outrages in the last 30 years, and of whose leader is "Dawood Ibrahim implicated in Mumbai bomb blast of 1993 that killed over 200 people".

Lawyers of Motiwala had argued against the extradition given his depression and also that he has attempted suicide several times.

Motiwala can now seek permission from the high court to appeal against the extradition order which they have indicated they might do.

If the high court denies him permission then the European Court of Human Rights is an option given in some cases.