Delhi: Waiting in the corridor for the hearing of his extradition case, runaway Indian driver Puneet Puneet sat in a wheelchair with his face covered by a surgical mask, his uncle claiming he is suffering from schizophrenia.

"He is in bad shape," his uncle, Happy Malhotra, said of Puneet.

"Not only does he have liver problems, but the doctor has diagnosed his mental illness as schizophrenia."

Puneet refused to speak. Slumped in his wheelchair, coughing occasionally, his eyes looked glazed and he rolled his head slightly.