Face2News/New Delhi
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), in coordination with the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) and the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA), has successfully secured the deportation of the Red Notice subject Sandeep Mistry from UAE to India, wanted in Nirav Modi PNB Bank Fraud case.
The subject, Sandeep Mistry is wanted in Nirav Modi Scam case (PNB fraud case) registered by CBI, BSFB, Mumbai, for his involvement in a bank fraud case, involving fictitious international trade transactions. He acted as a key link between various entities, overseeing their day-to-day operations and issuing instructions through clandestine, self-deleting communication platforms to conceal evidence. He also facilitated the preparation of forged import-export documents to portray fictitious trade in diamonds, gold and pearl jewellery. Further, he, along with other accused persons, coerced dummy directors of foreign companies by threatening them with arrest, relocating them to other places, seizing their electronic devices and compelling them to sign documents falsely portraying them as genuine owners of the companies. He has also participated in siphoning off funds from the bank accounts of dummy companies in the UAE. The charge-sheet in the case has been filed before the competent court.
At the request of CBI, a Red Notice was published in July 2026 against the subject through INTERPOL channels. Subsequently, the subject was geo-located and arrested by the UAE authorities and deportation process initiated.
Notably, the Red Corner Notice against the subject was published in July 2026 and he was successfully traced, apprehended and brought back to India within a short span of approximately 2 months of publication of notice, reflecting swift and effective international coordination among the concerned agencies.
The subject arrived in Mumbai at 2355 Hrs. on 28.09.2026, where he was taken into custody by the officers of CBI, BSFB, Mumbai and produced before the competent court and sent to jail custody.
The CBI, as the National Central Bureau for INTERPOL in India, coordinates with all Law Enforcement Agencies in India through BHARATPOL for assistance via INTERPOL channels. More than 175 wanted criminals have been successfully brought back to India in the last few years through coordination via INTERPOL channels.
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