CBI Arrests a Suspect Who Was Declared Dead by the Court in the SBI Fraud Case
CBI Arrests a Suspect Who Was Declared Dead by the Court in the SBI Fraud Case
V. Chalapathi Rao, an alleged criminal who had escaped capture for twenty years in connection with a bank fraud case, was one of the individuals who was apprehended by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI). A court had ruled that Rao had passed away a few years prior to this happening.
By repeatedly changing his name and moving about, Rao was able to evade being arrested, as stated in a press release issued by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Monday, August 5, 2024.
Rao, who was working as a computer operator at the SBI ChandulalBiradari Branch in Hyderabad at the time, was the subject of a case that was filed by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in May of 2002.
It was said that he had defrauded the bank of fifty lakh rupees by utilizing faked estimates from electronic stores and phony wage certificates that were prepared in the names of his family members and close colleagues. The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) submitted two chargesheets on December 31, 2004, although Rao had not been seen since 2004.
To have Rao declared dead seven years after his disappearance, Rao’s wife, who is also a defendant in the fraud case, initially lodged a complaint with the municipal police and then went on to petition the Civil Court. It was ultimately decided by a civil court in Hyderabad to issue the decree.
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) continuously pursued leads and ultimately secured Rao’s apprehension in a village in Tamil Nadu. This was accomplished in spite of Rao’s repeated efforts to elude capture by changing his name, phone number, and whereabouts.
According to the information that was gathered by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), Rao had gone to Salem, where he obtained an Aadhaar number and married a woman in 2007 under the impersonation of M. Vineet Kumar.
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) discovered that Rao was in communication with his son from his first marriage through his second wife. Rao, on the other hand, left Salem in 2014 and relocated to Bhopal, where he worked as a debt recovery agent. After that, he moved to Rudrapur, which is located in Uttarakhand, to teach at a school.
When the team from the Central Bureau of Investigation arrived in Rudrapur, they found out that Rao had escaped in 2016 and relocated to an ashram in the village of Verul in Aurangabad. There, he secured a second Aadhaar card by pretending to be SwamyVidhitatmanandTeertha and assuming his identity.
Rao is accused of defrauding the Ashram of seventy lakh rupees in December 2021, prior to his relocation to Bharatpur (Rajasthan) under the guise of VidhitatmanandTeertha, where he remained until July 8 of this year. After that, he relocated to Tirunelveli in order to reside with one of his disciples. During this time, he changed his contact numbers around ten times and was making preparations to flee to Sri Lanka by sea.
At long last, Rao was taken into custody on August 4 from the village of Narsinganallur in Tirunelveli, Tamil Nadu, where he had been hiding earlier. The local court heard his case and remanded him until August 16th. He was presented before the court.
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