CBI coordinates return of wanted accused from Switzerland

New Delhi, Jul 30 (PTI) The CBI has coordinated the return of a wanted accused, facing an Interpol Red Notice, from Switzerland, officials said on Tuesday.

The accused, Anil Kumar Khanna, is facing financial embezzlement charges in a 26-year-old case, they added.

The Uttar Pradesh Police was on the lookout for Khanna for allegedly cheating the Uttar Pradesh Financial Corporation to the tune of Rs 37 lakh in 1998, when he was posted in the state public sector undertaking (PSU) as an assistant manager.

The CBI got a Red Notice issued against Khanna on June 12, 2017 by the Interpol General Headquarters at the request of the Uttar Pradesh Police. The Red Notice was circulated among all the 196 member countries of Interpol.

"The Global Operations Centre of the Central Bureau of Investigation has coordinated with INTERPOL NCB-Bern and the Uttar Pradesh Police for the return of a Red Notice subject from Switzerland to India on July 29, 2024," a CBI spokesperson said in a statement.

Khanna was arrested by the Uttar Pradesh Police upon his return from Switzerland, the officials said. PTI ABS RC