New Delhi, Aug. 4 -- India has brought back 274 fugitives from 36 countries between 2019 and 2026 and the accused include terrorists, gangsters, financial and narcotics offenders, and those wanted in cases of murder, rape, and offences under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) said on Tuesday.

Besides, the ministry said assets worth Rs 17,874 crore belonging to the fugitive criminals have also been attached in the same period between 2019 and 2016 through the stringent enforcement of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA).

An amount of Rs 18,762 crore have also been returned in cases involving Fugitive Economic Offenders-- the economic offenders who fled India, it said, addi...