India, Oct. 4 -- A British-Indian businessman and his former wife are facing extradition to the United States over allegations that they defrauded healthcare programmes of millions of dollars by supplying cancer drugs that had not been approved by a federal agency, media reports said.

The businessman, Sukhi Ghuman, 48, and his former wife, Kiranjit Ghuman, are also wanted in the US to face separate drug-smuggling charges, according to reports.

The extradition hearing is currently underway at Westminster Magistrates' Court in London.

Sukhi Ghuman strongly denied any wrongdoing in an interview with the BBC, saying he was trying to help patients who could not afford cancer treatment.

He also denied making any money from the alleged schem...