The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has apprehended a Proclaimed Offender who had been on the run for nearly three decades in connection with a bank fraud case dating back to 1992. The case involves fraudulent financial transactions that allegedly caused losses to the erstwhile State Bank of Bikaner & Jaipur (SBBJ), which later merged with the State Bank of India.
In 1996, after a thorough investigation, the CBI filed a charge sheet against multiple accused individuals. Subsequently, following the trial, nine accused were convicted by the court. However, one of the accused, identified as Anant Tambedkar, also known as Anant Tambitkar, involved in forgery and criminal misconduct related to the fraudulent transactions, absconded post the charge sheet filing.
Despite efforts spanning almost 30 years to locate the accused, he remained elusive, and his trial was separated from that of the other accused. Recently, with the help of technical intelligence inputs and field verification, the CBI tracked him to Mumbai, where a special team arrested him on February 26.
Following the necessary legal procedures, the accused was presented before the court, which remanded him to judicial custody. Legal proceedings in this longstanding case are now poised to recommence. The CBI’s successful apprehension of the accused after his prolonged evasion is seen as a significant breakthrough in combating economic offenders who have been absconding for extended periods.
