Mauritius police issues order to arrest former central bank governor

PORT LOUIS, Dec 15 (Reuters) – Mauritius’s police have issued an order for the arrest of the Indian Ocean islands’ former central bank governor, in connection to an inquiry into a conspiracy to defraud case.

Harvesh Kumar Seegolam, who was out of the country, would be arrested as soon as he returned, police said in a notice published in Mauritius newspapers on Sunday.

They gave no more details into the nature of the case he was being investigated over.

Seegolam was not immediately reachable for comment. (Reporting by Villen Anganan; Writing by George Obulutsa; Editing by Bernadette Baum)

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