An Indian man who defrauded the Vanuatu government has been extradited from Germany after years on the run.
India's Central Bureau of Investigation has confirmed that Amarendra Nath Ghosh has finally been retrned to India in a special aircraft.
Three doctors were on the flight as a precaution after Mr Ghosh swallowed a 10 centimetre-long knife to avoid extradition three years ago.
Since he declined to undergo an operation, the knife was not removed because, according to German law, he cannot be operated on without his consent.
Mr Ghosh is reportedly wanted in India for allegedly cheating six nationalised banks and defrauding the Vanuatu government of several million US dollars in collusion with the then Prime Minister Barak Sope.
Mr Sope lost his job and was jailed for three years in 2002 but served just three months before receiving a presidential pardon.
Before he fled Vanuatu, Mr Ghosh gifted a ruby reputedly worth two million US dollars which later turned to be a piece of rubble.
