Hyderabad: A local court today issued a non-bailable warrant against Union Minister Y S Chowdary as he "failed" to appear before it in connection with a criminal complaint filed by Mauritius Commercial Bank Ltd.

The XII Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (Nampally, Hyderabad) issued the warrant against Chowdary, the Union Minister of State for Science and Technology. Mauritius Commercial Bank Ltd had filed the complaint in the court accusing Chowdary and others of "defaulting in repayment of loan of Rs 106 crore".