Mauritius has issued an arrest order for its former finance minister, Renganaden Padayachy, in relation to a probe into alleged embezzlement, a police notice in local newspapers said on Tuesday, days after the arrest of the former central bank governor.

In a first major move by the newly elected government of Prime Minister Navin Ramgoolam saw the arrest of former Finance Minister Renganaden Padayachy on the alleged charges of embezzlement, ccording to a report by a local police.

Mauritius ordered authorities to arrest former Finance Minister Renganaden Padayachy, the second casualty of an audit of public finances under the new government of Prime Minister Navinchandra Ramgoolam,