The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has secured the return to India of a person who had been evading investigation and trial since 2013. He was wanted in a case alleging that Indian nationals residing in Singapore were targeted by fraudsters through spoof calls.
He will be produced before a special court in Haryana’s Panchkula. The accused, Harnek Singh, against whom an Interpol Red Notice and a Look-Out Circular (LOC) were in force, was deported from the United States and taken into CBI custody on his arrival at Delhi airport on Wednesday (September 9, 2026).
The trial against co-accused Aditya Bhardwaj and Deepak Jain was concluded before the Panchkula court and both were convicted on May 26, 2025. “Despite summons and a bailable warrant having been served upon him in the U.S.A. through the U.S.
“Investigation revealed that during 2013, Indian nationals residing or working in Singapore were contacted through spoofed calls by fraudsters operating from India, who impersonated officials of Singapore Immigration authorities,” it said on Thursday. Its investigation established that the cheated money was received through a money-transfer outlet operated by Harnek Singh, in association with co-accused Aditya Bhardwaj and Deepak Jain, according to the CBI. Consequently, an open-dated non-bailable warrant of arrest was issued against him by the court…,” said the CBI.
Department of Justice, Harnek Singh failed to appear before the trial court.
