Sheikh was arrested in January 2012 and released on bail in July that year: Reports
NEW DELHI: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Friday arrested Mohd. Ismail Sheikh, an accused in a counterfeit currency case who had been absconding for more than 14 years.
According to the agency, Sheikh was involved in using and q in Puducherry. He was apprehended during one such attempt at a fruit stall with fake notes totalling ₹19,000. Counterfeit notes worth another ₹1,71,500 were subsequently recovered from the guesthouse where he was staying.
Sheikh was arrested in January 2012 and released on bail in July that year. The CBI said he subsequently failed to appear before the court and concealed himself to evade legal proceedings.
The agency said a team traced him through technical leads and sustained efforts. He will be produced before the competent court.
In a separate case, the CBI arrested Kavita, a proclaimed offender in a bank fraud case, from Haridwar in Uttarakhand.
The case, registered in March 2012, concerns allegations that the then branch manager of Punjab & Sindh Bank in Meerut conspired with 46 others named in the FIR to sanction and disburse loans using fabricated identity and income documents of borrowers and guarantors.
Between October 10, 2010, and May 24, 2011, the accused allegedly obtained 24 housing loans and two overdraft loans against property, totalling nearly ₹3.63 crore.
The CBI filed a chargesheet against 59 accused on November 26, 2014. Kavita was among those chargesheeted but did not appear before the court despite repeated summons, the agency said.
After issuing bailable and non-bailable warrants, the court declared her a proclaimed offender on April 14, 2017. Her case was separated from that of the other accused, and a standing non-bailable warrant was issued in May 2017.
The CBI said technical leads helped trace her to Haridwar. She was produced before a court in Ghaziabad, which remanded her to judicial custody till October 21.
