Mauritius ex-PM arrested for investigation
Financial Crime
Published: 05:02 PM,Feb 16,2025 | EDITED : 09:02 PM,Feb 16,2025
Mauritius' ex-PM Pravind Kumar Jugnauth
Police in Mauritius on Sunday arrested the island's former prime minister Pravind Jugnauth in a money-laundering probe and seized stacks of cash in raids on fellow suspects' homes, officials said. Officers detained the 63-year-old along with his wife Kobita Jugnauth on Saturday and questioned them for several hours. Pravind Jugnauth's lawyer Raouf Gulbul told reporters: 'He gave his version of events and denied the allegations made against him.' — AFP