Lucknow: The Central Bureau of Investigation arrested Vinod Sharma, an absconding accused, then Director of a private firm, allegedly involved in a bank fraud case from Ghaziabad on Friday.
Following recent inputs about the absconding accused, CBI mounted efforts to locate him, which included verifying his address/location, ascertaining his movements which finally resulted in apprehension of the accused. He will be produced before the Court of Special Judicial Magistrate, Ghaziabad on July 15.
CBI had registered a case in March 2015 on a complaint from Punjab National Bank against a private company, its Directors, and unknown officials of the bank.
It was alleged that the said private company through its Directors availed various credit facilities from PNB Branch, Noida and the amount disbursed vide said credit facilities was siphoned off by the accused and his aides. The accused in connivance with others had allegedly cheated the bank and caused a loss of Rs 22 crore.
Another director of the company Kanta Sharma was arrested and convicted in 2017. But Vinod Sharma was absconding and declared a proclaimed offender.
