Over 70 fugitives, wanted by India, were located abroad during 2024-25, according to an official report.As many as 203 fugitives wanted by other countries were detected/located in India during the same period.A total of 71 “wanted persons/fugitives wanted by India” were located abroad in 2024-25, according to the annual report of the Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions.The number of such wanted fugitives located abroad is the highest in the over a decade time, officials claimed. A total of 27 fugitives/wanted persons returned to India from abroad in the last financial year, said the ministry’s annual report for 2024-25.It also gave details on the working of the CBI, which acts as the National Central Bureau NCB, the nodal point for Interpol in India.During the period of April 2024 to March 2025, 74 Letters Rogatory (LRs) were sent abroad, out of which 54 pertained to CBI cases and 20 of them to state law enforcement and other Central agencies, the report said.Letters Rogatory is a judicial request to authorities abroad to seek cooperation in a probe being conducted by Indian investigating agencies.It was confirmed by Indian law enforcement agencies, including CBI, that 47 LRs were fully executed during the said period and 29 were disposed of as closed/withdrawn on partial execution.
