HC directs CBI to bring back two South Korean fugitives suspected to have fled the country
The Hindu
Court wonders why State police let them escape despite receiving intelligence
After being told by the Chengalpattu police that two South Koreans facing a GST evasion case here may have escaped to their country though the Indo-Myanmar border from Imphal in Manipur, the Madras High Court has directed the CBI to bring back the fugitives.
Justices P.N. Prakash and R. Hemalatha felt the CBI would be the appropriate agency to investigate the issue since it had international ramifications. The court wanted the matter to be probed from all angles, including the possible involvement of local police and staff of the South Korean Embassy in Chennai.
The judges noted that Choi Yong Suk and Choe Jae Won were the managing director and general manager, respectively, of Chowel India Private Limited, a car components manufacturing company incorporated under the Indian Companies Act of 1956. The unit was located in the Sriperumbudur Industrial Estate.