India, July 9 -- An economic offender, Monika Kapoor, who was involved in an import-export fraud and was on the run for over 25 years, has been extradited by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) from the United States, the agency said on Wednesday.

A CBI team took custody of Kapoor from the US authorities on Tuesday and is expected to bring her in an American Airlines flight to India by Wednesday night.

"This extradition marks a major breakthrough in the pursuit of justice and reiterates CBI's

commitment to bringing fugitives to face the law in India, irrespective of international boundaries. The CBI team is returning to India with the fugitive. Monika Kapoor will be produced before the court concerned and she will now face the tr...