More than two decades after fleeing in the United States, the Central Investigation Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Wednesday detained Monica Kapoor, who allegedly committed import-exports of about Rs 1.44 crore. A CBI team is returning to India with Kapoor after their extradition.
According to the CBI, Kapoor is an accused in an import-export fraud case who came to light in 2002 and has been on the run since then.
“Monica, in a conspiracy with her brothers, M/S Monica abroad abroad, Rajan Khanna and Rajiv Khanna in 1998 including fake export documents, shipping bills, invoices and export bank certificates.
According to the statement, Kapoor and his brothers sold an M/s on a premium to Ahmedabad. The spokesperson said, “Later, M/S Dip Exports used the same license and imported duty free gold, causing a loss to a limit of Rs 1.44 crore to the government treasury in 1998.”
After Kapoor investigation and failed to join the trial, he was declared a declared criminal by a trial court on 13 February 2006. The court also issued an open non-decoration warrant against him on 26 April 2010. A red corner notice was issued against him on October 19, 2010, a extradition request was sent to the US authorities.
“After completing the investigation, the charge sheet was filed on March 31, 2004 against Monica, Rajan and Rajiv under the IPC sections under cheating, fraud, criminal conspiracy. On December 20, 2017, the order of the SCT court order convicted Rajan and Rajiv,” CBI Spoccession said.
The spokesperson said, “This extradition is a symbol of a major success in search of justice and reiterates the CBI’s commitment to bring fugitives to face the law in India despite international boundaries.”
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A CBI spokesperson said the CBI spokesman said that camphor would be produced before the court and before facing the trial, saying that the central agency remains stable in its mission to combat economic crimes and chased all the legal paths to ensure that the fugitive is brought to justice.
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