Last Updated on 06/08/2024 by wccexam Desk
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) team has arrested a bank fraudster who was declared dead for 20 years. On May 1, 2002, the CBI had registered a case against Chalapathi Rao for defrauding SBI Hyderabad of Rs 50 lakh. But he could not be arrested. Meanwhile, Chalapathi Rao went missing in 2004. After which his wife filed a petition in the civil court to declare him dead seven years after his disappearance. After which Chalapathi Rao was declared dead in 2013.
Changed his name and worked as a recovery agent
The CBI team did not close the case even after he was declared dead and was closely investigating the matter. Chalapathi Rao had used fake quotations of electronic shops and fake salary certificates in the name of his family members and close associates to embezzle money.
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After a few days of investigation, the CBI found that Chalapatri Rao had fled and changed his name to Vineet Kumar. After this, he got married in 2007 and started living in Salem, Tamil Nadu. He even got his Aadhar card made. After this, he again went to Bhopal. Here he worked as a loan recovery agent. After that he started living in Rudrapur, Uttarakhand.
When the CBI team went to arrest him in 2016, he fled from there as well. After which the CBI took help from the ED by extracting his Aadhaar and email ID and Gmail. After which the ED found out that Chalapathi Rao is living in an ashram in Verul village of Aurangabad in the name of Swami Vidhitatmanand Tirtha. He also has an Aadhaar card in this name.
Was trying to flee from Tamil Nadu to Sri Lanka
The CBI also claimed that the accused defrauded the ashram of Rs 70 lakh and fled to Bharatpur in Rajasthan by July 8, 2021, 2024. From there he was planning to flee to Sri Lanka. After which he was arrested from Narasinganallur village in Tirunelveli. At present, he has been sent to judicial custody till August 16.
Source (PTI) (NDTV) (HINDUSTANTIMES)