Dehradun, Nov 14 (PTI) Fugitive Jagdish Punetha who is wanted for allegedly defrauding people of crores of rupees through fake investment schemes was extradited from the United Arab Emirates, police said on Friday.

The Crime Branch-Crime Investigation Department (CB-CID) branch of the police successfully brought Punetha to India on November 13, said Uttarakhand Additional Director General of Police (Crime and Law and Order) V Murugesan.

Punetha, who was carrying a reward of Rs 50,000 on his head, has four cases registered against him in Pithoragarh district for allegedly defrauding crores of rupees through fake investment schemes, forming an organised gang to make illegal financial gains, and being involved in other criminal cases.

According to an investigation by Inspector Pratap Singh

See Full Page