New Delhi: Indian authorities have decided to appeal against a UK lower court's order of denying extradition of British citizen Aarti Dhar and her husband Kanwaljitsinh Raizada to face trial in India for the murder of their 11-year-old adopted son and his brother-in-law on human rights grounds.

Gujarat's Junagadh Police Superintendent Saurab Singh said on Saturday: "The appeal to extradite the accused couple (Aarti Dhar and Kanwaljitsinh Raizada) has been turned down by a UK lower court. We will appeal in the higher court."