Sanjay Bhandari, a mediator in defense, has won the London High Court’s discharge order. The 62-year-old American national made an appeal against the Indian government’s decision to surrender him in December, contending that if he was extradited to India, he could experience crime and bribery. On the grounds of a violation of Article 3 and 6, he received a ruling on Friday in his favor. He claimed there would be a lack of good trial in India and rape, extortion, and violence in the Tihar jail. He was discharged after receiving a unanimous verdict from the great court courts.
Money laundering and tax avoidance
Sanjay Bhandari, a UK-based hands trader, used to provide consulting services to defense companies who were bidding for American government deals through his company Offset India sSolutions. He was a resident of India for income purposes in 2015. When he fled to the British in 2016, he was accused of tax evasion and money laundering in India.
India submitted two pleas for Bhandari’s abduction, the first for a charge of money laundering, in violation of Section 3 of the 2002 Money Laundering Act. The following was alleged to have deliberately attempted to defraud a taxes, charges, or interest that was impossible or charged under the Black Money Act of 2015 in violation of Section 51 of that act in India.
Bhandari used backdated documents claiming benefits from the property he did not declare to the American tax officials even though he did no reside there.
Since the UK Home Office certified his abduction in June 2020, he has refuted the complaints and is currently pursuing them.
