Mainpal Dhilla, a notorious criminal, was arrested after being extradited from Cambodia, officials said on Wednesday. Dhilla was wanted by the Haryana Police.
According to PTI, the operation was conducted by the CBI in coordination with the state police and Union ministries, the officials added.
Mainpal Dhilla, alias Maipal Badli, a resident of Jhajjar’s Badli village, is named in 22 cases, including murder. Officials said he was serving a life term in three cases lodged in 2007 and 2010.
While he was serving a sentence in jail, he was released on six weeks’ parole from Hisar Central jail on July 17, 2018. He was to return to jail by August 29, 2018, but he did not report back to jail and absconded.
CBI got the Red Notice published against Mainpal Dhilla through INTERPOL on November 06, 2024, on the request of Haryana Police. CBI contacted NCB Bangkok for the location of the subject, which revealed his travel movement from Thailand to Cambodia.
Subsequently, CBI coordinated with the authorities of Cambodia, and they were informed that the subject had travelled to Cambodia on a fraudulently acquired passport under the fake name of Sonu Kumar.
A request for Provisional Arrest was sent to NCB-Phnom Penh, Cambodia, through INTERPOL channels on March 26, 2025. NCB-Phnom Penh on July 24, 2025, conveyed the arrest of the subject and requested an Extradition Request through diplomatic channels.
Cambodian authorities later intimated that they had decided to hand over the subject to Indian authorities. Accordingly, a team from the Haryana Police went to Cambodia and successfully brought back Mainpal Dhilla on September 2, 2025.
Red Notices published by INTERPOL are circulated to all Law Enforcement Agencies globally for tracking of the wanted Criminals.
CBI, as the National Central Bureau for INTERPOL in India, coordinates with all Law Enforcement Agencies in India through BHARATPOL for assistance via INTERPOL channels. More than 100 wanted criminals have been returned to India in the last few years through coordination via INTERPOL channels.
