SUSPECTS SOUGHT ON FRAUD & CORRUPTION CHARGES
The South African Police Service's Directorate Of priority Crime Investigations (DPCI) also known as HAWKS declared Mr Ajay Gupta of Saxonworld, Johannesburg Gauteng as a wanted person in connection with pending charges relating to allegations of fraud and corruption over Estina Farm Community Project.
During the operation to serve the warrants on the Gupta home in Saxonworld, the police were assured by occupants that a message to Mr A Gupta alerting him that he is being sought on warrant will be delivered to him as he had stepped out of the home prior to police' arrival.
The Hawks further made contact on Tuesday and Wednesday with Mr A Gupta's attorneys to assist on the presentation of the suspect to Hawks offices.
"Having satisfied ourselves that Mr Ajay Gupta is surely fully aware by now that SAPS is interested on his presentation to court and he has failed to do so — it is prudent he be declared on flight and that he is now a fugitive from the law"; said Minister of Police Mr Fikile Mbalula.
"At this point I have directed police to make sure that none of the suspects get smuggled out of the republic's boundaries and that our border posts be vigilant. I am also aware of the many smuggling routes of our porous borders within the region and we are liaising with Our regional counterparts for cooperation in this regard — his take-down operation is proceeding, he can run but he can not hide", said Mbalula.