UK-based arms consultant Sanjay Bhandari declared fugitive economic offender
Delhi court
on Saturday declared UK-based arms consultant
Sanjay Bhandari
a
fugitive economic offender
on an
Enforcement Directorate
plea, officials said.
The special court issued the order under the
Fugitive Economic Offenders Act
, 2018.
According to the ED, Bhandari "absconded" to the UK in 2016. India's plea seeking his extradition was recently turned down by a UK court.
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The ED filed a criminal case of
money laundering
against Bhandari and others in February 2017, taking cognisance of an
Income Tax department
charge sheet filed against him under the
anti-black money law
of 2015.
The agency filed a charge sheet against him in 2020.
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