Mohammed Haneefa Makkata, needed by Kerala Police in a kidnapping-and-murder case, was extradited to India from Saudi Arabia on Sunday, the thirty third fugitive extradited since final yr below the ‘Operation Trishul’, the CBI mentioned.

Makkata is a fugitive with an Interpol Red Corner Notice (RCN) issued towards him. He was needed in reference to the kidnapping and killing of 1 Kareem in 2006. The case was investigated by Kunnamangalam police station in Kerala’s Kozhikode.

The extradition got here after the Interpol unit of Saudi Arabia knowledgeable their Indian counterparts, the CBI, about finding Makkata. It had then requested the CBI to ship a workforce to take him again to India.

Kerala Police was then assigned the duty, which introduced him again. 

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Since January 2022, the CBI has managed to convey again 33 fugitives — 27 final yr and 6 this yr to date — to India below Operation Trishul through which criminals and proceeds of crime are traced overseas with the assistance of Interpol and introduced again. 

A 3-pronged technique is used to nab fugitives — first is to find the individual and search their deportation or extradition whereas the second is to mobilise Interpol’s StAR Global Focal Point Network, Financial Crimes Analysis Files and different channels — to determine dispersal of proceeds of crime by monetary criminals.

The third is to dismantle the help networks by producing intelligence on shell firms and fraudulent transactions.

The Interpol has mentioned that India is searching for 276 fugitives globally by Red Corner Notices (RCNs).