After 40 years of chase, CBI arrests proclaimed offender in ₹5.69 lakh bank fraud case
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After 40 years of chase, CBI arrests proclaimed offender in ₹5.69 lakh bank fraud case
CBI arrested proclaimed offender Satish Kumar Anand evading justice for more than four decades in a bank fraud case. Anand, who was convicted in 1985 for cheating Bank of India to the tune of ₹5.69 lakh and sentenced to five years imprisonment, skilfully eluded investigators through four decades. Now in his seventies, Anand was arrested in Rohini in North Delhi and was taken to Dehradun to be produced before a special court.
Anand, who was convicted in 1985 for cheating Bank of India to the tune of ₹5.69 lakh and sentenced to five years imprisonment, skilfully eluded investigators through four decades, the agency said.
Now in his seventies, Anand was arrested in Rohini in North Delhi and was taken to Dehradun to be produced before a special court which sent him to judicial custody, CBI’s spokesperson said.
In the fraud case that took place in 1977, it was alleged that the then bank branch manager had entered into a criminal conspiracy with Anand to cheat the bank.
A loan was given to a private company on the basis of forged receipts presented along with bills in which the delivery of goods was shown wrongly, due to which the bank suffered a loss and Anand got a financial benefit of ₹5.69 lakh.
The CBI had registered a case on May 5, 1978 against three accused including Anand, the bank manager and another accused Ashok Kumar. After investigation, a charge sheet was filed in a special CBI court.
The court of special CBI judge in Dehradun in its judgment dated June 19, 1985 acquitted the bank branch manager of the charges but convicted Anand and Kumar and sentenced them to five years of rigorous imprisonment and a fine of ₹15,000.
However, Anand absconded after the sentencing, following which the court declared him a proclaimed offender on November 30, 2009.
Anand evaded arrest by frequently relocating and concealing his whereabouts, making himself scarce at known addresses in New Delhi and Hapur in Uttar Pradesh, officials said, giving details of the operation.
The CBI achieved success when it got a mobile number registered in the name of Anand’s son through leads generated in areas of his last known locations.
The team put a surveillance network which helped locate Anand in Rohini.
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CBI arrests accused in 5.6 lakh bank fraud case from 1978
Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) arrested Satish Kumar Anand, a Proclaimed Offender (PO) in a case relating to bank fraud of ₹5,69,000 of Bank of India. CBI had registered the case on May 5, 1978 against the three accused, including the then Bank Branch Manager. The accused were convicted by Ld. Special Judge, CBI, Dehradun vide judgement dated June 19, 1985.
CBI had registered the case on May 5, 1978 against the three accused, including the then Bank Branch Manager, Satish Kumar Anand and Ashok Kumar on the allegations that the accused then Bank Branch Manager while posted and functioning as Branch Manager during 1977 entered into criminal conspiracy with Satish Kumar Anand to cheat the Bank, according to the probe agency.
According to CBI, the said Bank Branch Manager advanced loan to a private company on the forged receipt submitted along with the bills by falsely showing dispatching of consignment, and due to this wrongful loss to the bank and pecuniary gain to the tune of ₹5,69,000 was caused to accused Satish Kumar Anand.
After investigation, CBI had filed the charge sheet against all the three accused persons – the then Bank Branch Manager, Satish Kumar Anand and Ashok Kumar in the Ld. Court of Special Judge, CBI, Dehradun.
The accused Satish Kumar Anand and Ashok Kumar were convicted by Ld. Special Judge, CBI, Dehradun vide judgement dated June 19, 1985 and awarded Imprisonment (RI) of 05 Years and fine of Rs.15,000. The accused then Bank Branch Manager was acquitted.
After conviction, the accused Satish Kumar Anand absconded. The Ld. Court of Special Judge, CBI, Anti-Corruption, Dehradun declared absconding Satish Kumar Anand as Proclaimed Offender vide the order dated November, 30, 2009, the probe agency said.