India, Nov. 14 -- Jagdish Punetha, accused in multiple investment fraud cases, was brought back from Dubai to Uttarakhand after years on the run.

The operation was carried out by the state police's Crime Branch-Criminal Investigation Department (CBCID) in coordination with Interpol, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) authorities on Thursday.

Jagdish, a resident of Silpata in Uttarakhand's Pithoragarh district, is accused of defrauding several people through fraudulent stock market and commodity investment schemes. "Investigation revealed that Jagdish Punetha and his associates defrauded investors of Rs.15.17 crore and amassed movable and immovable assets worth Rs.2.22 crore through illegal mean...