Archive · 6 Aug 2026
CBI Deports Red Notice Fugitive Vishakha Rathod from UAE
A woman named Vishakha Rathod is accused of a big money crime.
Police say she tricked people into giving her their money.
She promised them they would get fixed monthly payments in return.
Instead, the money was reportedly taken and moved into different bank accounts.
Rathod left India and went to another country called the United Arab Emirates.
Police in many countries search for people who run away using a special notice called a Red Notice.
Indian police worked together with other agencies to bring her back.
She arrived in India on August 3 and is now in police custody in a city called Pune.
The police will keep investigating and the legal case will continue.
The Central Bureau of Investigation, with assistance from the Ministry of External Affairs and Ministry of Home Affairs, facilitated the deportation of Vishakha Rathod from the UAE to India.
Rathod was brought back to India on August 3 and taken into custody by Maharashtra Police in Pune.
She was the subject of an Interpol Red Notice in connection with an alleged large-scale financial fraud case.
Rathod is accused of being part of a criminal conspiracy that induced investors to invest in schemes by falsely promising assured fixed monthly returns.
The CBI alleged the invested funds were dishonestly misappropriated and diverted through multiple bank and demat accounts.
- Who
- Vishakha Rathod, a wanted fugitive accused of financial fraud, was deported by the Central Bureau of Investigation with the assistance of the Ministry of External Affairs and Ministry of Home Affairs, and taken into custody by Maharashtra Police.
- What
- Rathod was deported from the UAE to India on an Interpol Red Notice in connection with an alleged large-scale financial fraud case.
- When
- She was brought back to India on August 3; officials confirmed the deportation on Wednesday.
- Where
- The deportation took place from the United Arab Emirates to India, where she arrived in Pune.
- Why
- She is accused of being part of a criminal conspiracy that induced investors into schemes with false promises of assured fixed monthly returns and misappropriated their funds.
- Fugitive
- Vishakha Rathod
- Deported From
- United Arab Emirates (UAE)
- Arrival Point
- Pune, India
- Date of Return
- August 3
- Legal Instrument
- Interpol Red Notice
- Alleged Crime
- Large-scale financial fraud and criminal conspiracy
- Agencies Involved
- CBI, MEA, MHA, Maharashtra Police
- Current Custody
- Maharashtra Police