India, June 26 -- New Delhi The Delhi high court has allowed the Canadian government to recover Rs.65.9 crore from Indian bank accounts of Indian origin Ontario bureaucrat Sanjay Madan and his associate Vidhan Madan, in connection with a Rs.290 crore fraud case being pursued before Canadian courts, and directed IndusInd and RBL bank to remit the amount.

In April 2023, Sanjay Madan was sentenced to 10 years of imprisonment, after he pleaded guilty to stealing $47.4 million Canadian dollars from the Ontario government. The government had accused Madan of exploiting his senior position within the Ontario ministry of education and stealing nearly $11 million by manipulating Ontario's Support for Families Program (SFFP) implemented during Cov...