Cox and Kings owner Peter Ketkar is facing multiple bank fraud cases and has been arrested and chargesheeted by Mumbai Police’s Economic Offences Wing (EOW) and Enforcement Directorate (ED) in the past few years.
Police added that in the last fortnight, while he was out on bail, Sawant reached out to the senior police inspectors of Nehru Nagar and VP road police station, too.
The CBI officials further added that Sawant was absconding since 2005 due to which a red corner notice was also issued against him through Interpol in 2012.