Singh, who owned a trucking company in Selma, had been arrested in Selma in February 2011, after his wife said he choked her.

Police then discovered that he was being sought in India on a murder charge, Selma Police Chief Myron Dyck said shortly after that arrest. Dyck said at the time, that he could not keep Singh in custody on the murder charge, so Singh bailed out of jail.

Dyck hasn't responded to calls seeking comment about the 2011 arrest.

Singh was charged with felony domestic violence, pleaded no contest to a misdemeanor of false imprisonment, and was sentenced to three years of probation and a 52-week batterer's treatment program, said Sonia De La Rosa, spokeswoman for the Fresno County District Attorney's Office.

Interpol Washington officials said the U.S. does not consider an Interpol notice alone to be a sufficient basis for the arrest and detention of a person, because it does not meet the requirements for arrest under the 4th Amendment to the Constitution.