The arrest was the result of sustained and meticulous efforts made by the investigating team of the federal probe agency, as the accused was untraceable since 2024, after he failed to join the trial or respond to summons/ warrants and was untraceable since 2024.
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The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has arrested Dinesh Gehlot, a proclaimed offender in a high-value bank fraud case, which was registered over two-decades ago.
The arrest was the result of sustained and meticulous efforts made by the investigating team of the federal probe agency, as the accused was untraceable since 2024, after he failed to join the trial or respond to summons/ warrants and was untraceable since 2024.
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According to the agency, multiple Non-Bailable Warrants (NBWs) were issued against him, and finally, December 9, 2024, the Special Judge for CBI, Greater Bombay ordered to issue a Proclamation warrant against him.
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According to the agency officials, the case was registered on 31.05.2004 for defrauding Bank of Baroda, where it had been alleged that the accused had dishonestly applied for a housing loan by the use of forged and fabricated documents.
After the probe was completed, a charge sheet was filed regarding the matter back in 2007, making Gehlot as one of the conspirators for alleged cheating and defrauding the Bank of Baroda
According to the findings by the agency during the probe, he had frequently changed residences, and misled the local residents about his real identity in a bid to evade the law.
The CBI, through the deployment of advanced technological tools and identity-tracking databases, meticulously analyzed the digital footprint of the absconding accused to ascertain his current identity and location.
Supplemented by extensive field investigations and on-ground inquiries, the CBI team successfully located the accused in Noida, and finally after verifying his identity the accused was apprehended on August 20, and produced before the Competent Court at Mumbai, which remanded him to judicial custody for the purpose of further trial proceedings.
The case is a classic example of how the integration of technology-driven intelligence platforms along with the efforts of the agency sleuths can substantially augment the operational capabilities of law enforcement agencies in tracing and apprehending long-absconding offenders.
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