Click to play videoNew Delhi: Two million dollars, nearly 10 crore in cash was discovered from the Nigerian government defence advisor’s suitcase.
After being questioned by income tax authorities in connection with the biggest ever cash haul at an Indian airport, Captain Ojedokun is now behind these walls of his country's High Commission.
So prickly are the Nigerians about this incident that it appears they all have gone underground. No one is available to talk to us about this episode.
MEA sources dismiss any link between this case and that of two Indians kidnapped recently in Nigeria.
But the source and the intended use of the money remain unclear. It could be linked to a thriving drug syndicate, some suspect.
The finance ministry has already submitted a preliminary report to the foreign ministry where officials are describing the case as unprecedented.
They are in touch with the newly appointed Nigerian High Commissioner on the way forward.
India's options are limited. The defence adviser to the Nigerian envoy in India can be only be expelled from the country.
He cannot be arrested unless the Nigerians waive his diplomatic immunity, which is considered unlikely.
The Department of Revenue Intelligence is seriously investigating the drugs angle. They say that drugs coming from Afghanistan and Latin America, and headed to China, are increasingly being routed through India.
That perhaps explains why both governments are keen to resolve the matter quietly.
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