Harshit Babulal Jain, an Indian fugitive accused of tax evasion, illegal gambling, and money laundering was deported from the UAE on Friday in connection with a Rs 2,300-crore scam case.
The mastermind behind one of India's biggest cricket betting scams had fled to Dubai following a Gujarat Police raid in March 2023. In August that year, Interpol issued a Red Notice against him.
Two years later, he has been flown back to India after a joint effort by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), the Gujarat Police, and the government.
"When Jain was located, a formal proposal was sent to Dubai authorities on December 9, 2023, through the Gujarat Home Ministry, the Ministry of Home Affairs, and the Ministry of External Affairs to bring him back to India. Based on this proposal, he was deported on September 5, 2025, and taken into State Monitoring Cell (SMC) custody directly from the airport," DIG of State Monitoring Cell Nirlipta Rai said, as per an Indian Express report.
Rai added that the multi-agency investigation revealed details of transactions worth Rs 2,300 crores, spread across multiple bank accounts.
(This is a developing story.)
