New Delhi, July 5 -- A special Delhi court on Saturday, while hearing a plea by the Enforcement Directorate (ED), declared UK-based arms consultant Sanjay Bhandari a fugitive economic offender under the Fugitive Economic Offenders Act, 2018.

In their plea, the ED accused Sanjay Bhandari of money laundering and stated that he 'absconded' to the United Kingdom in 2016 following several investigative agencies began scrutinising his activities.

After this, ED filed a criminal case of money laundering against Bhandari and others in February 2017.

The Delhi Court ruling comes at a time when a UK court had turned down India's plea seeking his extradition. An observation in the UK high court's decision stated, "Bhandari would be at real risk o...