India, May 3 -- In a swift and well-coordinated international operation, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has successfully brought back a lynchpin in a major passport forgery racket from the United Arab Emirates (UAE). The fugitive, identified as Aalok Kumar aka Yashpal Singh, was brought to India on May 1, 2026.

A Haryana Police team, which lay in wait, took him into their custody immediately. Kumar was wanted in multiple cases registered by Haryana Police for serious offences, including cheating, forgery, criminal conspiracy and the use of forged documents to obtain passports fraudulently.

The successful extradition, executed in close coordination with the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) and the Ministry of Home Affairs (M...