Overview
- Ritik Bajaj, 36, was repatriated to New Delhi on December 23 after being detained in Dubai under an Interpol Red Corner Notice requested by the CBI.
- CBI coordination with NCB units in Bangkok and Abu Dhabi helped track his movement to the UAE before a Special Cell team escorted him back.
- Delhi Police say Bajaj ran the Thailand supply line for a Dubai-based network linked to alleged financier-operator Virender Baisoya.
- The case traces to October 2024 seizures of 1,289 kg of cocaine and about 40 kg of hydroponic Thai marijuana in Delhi and Gujarat.
- Investigators have filed a 10,000-plus page chargesheet naming 19 accused, with 17 now arrested after Bajaj’s return and others still declared proclaimed offenders.