War room leak case accused traced to Sweden
Ravi Shankaran, a kin of former navy chief Admiral Arun Prakash who is the main accused in the war room leak case, has been spotted in Sweden after slipping out of Britain when an arrest warrant was issued against him.
By PTI |
NEW DELHI: Ravi Shankaran, a kin of former navy chief Admiral Arun Prakash who is the main accused in the war room leak case, has been spotted in Sweden after slipping out of Britain when an arrest warrant was issued against him by a UK court on the CBI's request.
After trailing him for over four months, the CBI found him in Sweden. This prompted the agency to send an alert to the Swedish wing of Interpol for his immediate detention, official sources said.
Shankaran, who has been chargesheeted by the CBI, has not returned to Britain, from where he fled after the arrest warrant for him was issued by an additional district judge on April 10.
He has been criss-crossing Europe without a valid passport as the external affairs ministry revoked his travel document last year.
As a precautionary measure, the CBI alerted several countries, including the Netherlands, Belgium, France, Germany, Denmark and Norway, to detain 43-year-old Shankaran as he could use these nations as a make-shift base to ward off arrest by law enforcing agencies.
CBI officials said they were confident of getting Shankaran extradited to India and termed his "vanishing act" as a temporary phase till the law caught up with him.
Shankaran is wanted by the CBI for allegedly obtaining classified data, including the navy's acquisition plans and other sensitive material, from the war room or directorate of naval operations.
After trailing him for over four months, the CBI found him in Sweden. This prompted the agency to send an alert to the Swedish wing of Interpol for his immediate detention, official sources said.
Shankaran, who has been chargesheeted by the CBI, has not returned to Britain, from where he fled after the arrest warrant for him was issued by an additional district judge on April 10.
He has been criss-crossing Europe without a valid passport as the external affairs ministry revoked his travel document last year.
As a precautionary measure, the CBI alerted several countries, including the Netherlands, Belgium, France, Germany, Denmark and Norway, to detain 43-year-old Shankaran as he could use these nations as a make-shift base to ward off arrest by law enforcing agencies.
CBI officials said they were confident of getting Shankaran extradited to India and termed his "vanishing act" as a temporary phase till the law caught up with him.
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Shankaran is wanted by the CBI for allegedly obtaining classified data, including the navy's acquisition plans and other sensitive material, from the war room or directorate of naval operations.
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