There was no delay in providing the requested fingerprints and photographs. The following timeline reflects how this process progressed:
a) 02 March 2022: Request received from Interpol Pretoria, on a request that they received from Abu Dhabi on 01 March 2022 for fingerprints and photographs of the Gupta brothers.
b) 03 March 2022: Fingerprints requested from the Criminal Record Centre.
c) 04 March 2022: Requested fingerprints obtained from Criminal Record Centre.
d) 10 March 2022: Fingerprints forwarded to Interpol Pretoria.
e) 14 March 2022: Fingerprints and photographs sent to Abu Dhabi. Photographs were in fact sent with the Red Notices in June 2021 but sent again in March 2022.