[4][1] In early October 2011 India’s Central Bureau of Investigation issued an international alert, known as an Interpol’s Red List Notice, for Kapoor’s “non bailable” warrant for arrest in connection with a theft case at the temple in Sripuranthan village, in the Ariyalur district of Tamil Nadu.
[5] For example, in 2008 an 11th-century Chola-period bronze statue of a Dancing Shiva was sold by Kapoor to the National Gallery of Australia for $5.6 million (see Sripuranthan Natarajan Idol).
[11] On 1 November 2022 Kapoor was found guilty in India under the following charges related to the case involving the theft of idols: IPC penal code section 411 (dishonestly receiving stolen property) carrying with it a three year prison sentence plus a fine.
[12] In November 2022, Kapoor was sentenced by Chief Judicial Magistrate D Shanmuga Priya, to a seven-year prison term for conspiracy with an additional three years for buying and dealing in stolen goods.
[14] Sources in the Tamil Nadu Police speculated to the ThePrint, an Indian news website, that the non-payment of the fine may have been a deliberate ploy to delay his extradition to the US.
[14] On November 10, 2022 the Manhattan District Attorney, Alvin L. Bragg, Jr., announced the return of 187 antiquities collectively valued at nearly $3.4 million to the people of Pakistan all of which had been seized pursuant to the Office’s investigation into Subhas Kapoor's smuggling operation.