Overview
- Prabhdeep Singh, on the run since 2023, reached Delhi with a three-member police escort on Wednesday after extradition from Baku.
- He is wanted under India’s anti-narcotics law in a Delhi Special Cell case that recovered 358 kilograms of heroin in 2021.
- Police say he organized India-based operations for an international network allegedly led by his cousin Navpreet Singh, last traced to Turkey.
- The transfer followed an INTERPOL Red Notice, geo-location in Azerbaijan, and legal clearances coordinated by the CBI with the foreign and home ministries.
- Authorities plan to interrogate him for links across the network, and the case adds to more than 160 fugitives repatriated in recent years using INTERPOL and the BHARATPOL platform.