The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), in collaboration with Gujarat Police, Ministry of External Affairs and Ministry of Home Affairs, has successfully coordinated the return of wanted fugitive Harshit Babulal Jain from the United Arab Emirates. Babulal Jain was deported from the UAE and was handed over to Gujarat Police on Friday at Ahmedabad International Airport, said the CBI.
According to the CBI, Harshit Babulal Jain is wanted by Gujarat Police in case of tax evasion, illegal gambling and money laundering. Earlier, CBI got the Red Notice published against him through Interpol in September, 2023 based on the request of Gujarat Police.
International Criminal Police Organisation, popularly called as the INTERPOL, is the world’s largest transnational police network. It helps to combat international crimes such as terrorism, money-laundering and human-trafficking by providing network, database and other investigation supports. Interpol has colour-coded notices such as red, yellow, blue etc. to swiftly share the information across the global police network. Red notice is predominantly issued to arrest the wanted culprits.
CBI, as the National Central Bureau for Interpol in India, coordinates with all Law Enforcement Agencies in India through BHARATPOL for assistance via Interpol channels. More than 100 wanted criminals have been returned to India in the last few years through coordination via Interpol channels.
Earlier, the CBI in collaboration with Haryana Police, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA), and the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA), on September 2, successfully brought back wanted fugitive Mainpal Dhilla alias Sonu Kumar from Cambodia, the CBI said in a release on September 3, 2025.
According to the CBI release, Mainpal Dhilla alias Mainpal Badli alias Sonu Kumar, is a notorious criminal wanted by the Haryana Police in several cases. He was convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment for the offence of murder, attempt to murder, illegal use of firearms and criminal conspiracy on April 29, 2013, in a case FIR No. 276 dated September 26, 2007, registered at Police Station Sadar Bahadurgarh. He was previously convicted in two more cases.
While he was serving a sentence in jail, he was released on six weeks’ parole from Hisar Central jail on July 17, 2018. He was to return to jail by August 29, 2018, but he did not report back to jail and absconded.
CBI got the Red Notice published against Mainpal Dhilla through INTERPOL on November 06, 2024, on the request of Haryana Police. CBI contacted NCB Bangkok for the location of the subject, which revealed his travel movement from Thailand to Cambodia. Subsequently, CBI coordinated with the authorities of Cambodia, and they were informed that the subject had travelled to Cambodia on a fraudulently acquired passport under the fake name of Sonu Kumar.
(With Inputs from ANI)
