In the latest development on the saga involving Maxis top management, and owner Ananda Krishnan with the Indian government, Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has issued an arrest warrant for the tycoon and his deputy. The case goes back to few years back on the matter of officials in India taking kick-backs to hand out valuable telecommunications spectrum to Maxis, India base Aircel.

However, Malaysian police states that they can’t detain local tycoon Tan Sri Ananda Krishnan or hand him over to India, due to a non-existence of an extradition agreement between these two countries. Moreover, a court order from Malaysia is required to detain anyone even by request by a foreign party. Malaysia currently only have legal agreements with Singapore and Brunei to detain individuals without court orders.

Inspector General of Police Tan Sri Khalid Abu Bakar told the media at a Raya open house that if ned be, Indian authorities need to apply for a permission from our local courts.

Those include on the wanted list  are former India Telecoms Minister Dayanidhi Maran and his brother Kalanithi and Ralph Marshall of Malaysia.