The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), working alongside Haryana Police, the Ministry of External Affairs, and the Ministry of Home Affairs, has successfully coordinated the return of wanted fugitive Mainpal Dhilla, also known as Sonu Kumar, from Cambodia on September 2, 2025.
Mainpal Dhilla, alias Mainpal Badli or Sonu Kumar, is a notorious criminal wanted by Haryana Police in multiple cases. He was convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment for murder, attempted murder, illegal use of firearms, and criminal conspiracy on March 29, 2013, in FIR No. 276 dated September 26, 2007, at Police Station Sadar Bahadurgarh. He had also been convicted in two other cases.
While serving his sentence, Dhilla was released on a six-week parole from Hisar Central Jail on July 17, 2028. &ldquo;He was to return to jail by August 29, 2018, but he did not report back to jail and absconded,&rdquo; the CBI stated.
The agency obtained a Red Notice against Mainpal Dhilla through INTERPOL on November 11, 2024, at the request of Haryana Police. Coordination with NCB Bangkok traced Dhilla&rsquo;s movements from Thailand to Cambodia.
&ldquo;Subsequently, CBI coordinated with Cambodian authorities, who informed that the subject had travelled to Cambodia using a fraudulently acquired passport under the name 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 extradition through diplomatic channels,&rdquo; the agency added.
&ldquo;Cambodian authorities later intimated that they had decided to hand over the subject to Indian authorities. Accordingly, a team of 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 wanted criminals,&rdquo; the statement read.
The CBI, serving as the National Central Bureau for INTERPOL in India, coordinates with all law enforcement agencies in India through BHARATPOL for assistance via INTERPOL channels. Over 100 wanted criminals have been returned to India in recent years through such coordination. [Except for the headline, this article has not been edited by the Benefit News editorial team and is published directly from the IANS news feed]

CBI Brings Fugitive Mainpal Dhilla from Cambodia

Haryana Police and CBI coordinate via INTERPOL to return wanted criminal Mainpal Dhilla

CBI Brings Fugitive Mainpal Dhilla from Cambodia

Haryana Police and CBI coordinate via INTERPOL to return wanted criminal Mainpal Dhilla

September 3, 2025 | 23:29 IST