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On 27 May last year, Maharashtra Police, with assistance from the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), brought Patel back to India to face trial in the case.. Bhartiben Dhansukh (57) also found the law catching up with her earlier this year in a 2018 case.. Accused of being involved in a 2018 case of corruption pertaining to a Gujarat government scheme for building toilets in rural areas, Dhansukh had fled to Israel..
The source added that concerted and focused efforts of the CBI including geolocating criminals, bilateral engagement with international agencies, increased international police cooperation and also prompt reciprocation of requests from other countries for deportation of people accused of crimes in their home countries, have resulted in a significant increase in the number of wanted fugitives and criminals wanted by Indian law enforcement agencies being brought back...
While the request to bring back fugitives is initiated by state police, the CBI being the nodal agency of Interpol in India coordinates all international police assistance via Interpol channels, with 194 countries..
According to a second CBI source, this was made possible by the good relations India enjoys with these countries, especially the UAE.. Further, it is learnt that the CBI has been extremely proactive in locating criminals, wanted by foreign law enforcement agencies, hiding in India..
Operation Trishul was started in coordination with Interpol for expediting information flow from international law enforcement agencies to geolocate criminals wanted by India and it has been done for several wanted fugitives, said the second source...
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