A Central Bureau of Investigation tema is bringing from Germany Amarendra Nath Ghosh, who swallowed a knife to prevent his extradition in a bank fraud case, to face legal proceedings.
Ghosh, whose extradition was ordered in 2003, was being brought in a special Indian Air Force plane from Munich after the German authorities cleared the formalities, CBI sources said.
German authorities had earlier prevented the CBI from taking Ghosh on the ground that an eight-centimetre knife lodged in his stomach could prove dangerous.
After repeated assurances from the Indian side that a team of doctors would be part of the CBI team, the German authorities agreed to send him in a special aircraft.
Ghosh had not given his consent for a surgery and as per the German laws, no patient can be operated upon without his or her approval.
Ghosh was charge-sheeted by the CBI in 2001 for entering into a criminal conspiracy with senior manager of Allahabad Bank's Kolkata branch S R Ramanani and getting high valued banker's cheques issued in the name of fictitious persons.
Later, in an alleged conspiracy with the branch manager of Punjab National Bank's Kolkata branch Nilopam Das, the accused opened four bank accounts and credited the cheques to the tune of Rs 10.84 crore.
Ghosh was also facing an inquiry in three other cases where money to the tune of Rs 16 crore had been allegedly swindled. He was declared a proclaimed offender in April, 2002 and Interpol arrested him in Munich (Germany).
Ghosh is also wanted by the United Arab Emirates for the financial frauds committed by him there.
