CBI Extradites Economic Offender Monika Kapoor From US, Ends Her 25-Year-Long Run
The flight is expected to land in India late on Wednesday night, the officials added.
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) is bringing back Monika Kapoor, a fugitive accused of economic offences, from the United States, marking the end of her over 25-year-long evasion of Indian law, officials said on Wednesday.
Kapoor, who fled to the US in 1999 following her alleged involvement in a fraud case, has been taken into CBI custody and is en route to India on an American Airlines flight. The flight is expected to land in India late Wednesday night, the officials added.
The United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York had approved her extradition under the bilateral treaty between India and the US. Following the court's ruling, the US Secretary of State issued a surrender warrant after dismissing Kapoor's plea that returning to India would expose her to torture, thereby violating the United Nations Convention Against Torture and its implementation under the Foreign Affairs Reform and Restructuring Act of 1998 (FARRA).
Kapoor is accused of orchestrating a fraud along with her two brothers by allegedly forging documents related to their jewellery business. These forged documents were reportedly used to illegally secure duty-free licenses for importing raw materials, causing a loss of over USD 679,000 to the Indian exchequer.
India had formally requested Kapoor's extradition in October 2010 under the India–US Extradition Treaty. After a protracted legal process spanning more than a decade, Kapoor's return now brings a significant breakthrough in the CBI's efforts to bring long-pending economic offenders to justice.
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