New Delhi, Sep 15, (UNI) The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) announced today that it has arrested four members of the same family who had been evading capture for 15 years. A reward of ₹1 lakh had been offered for information leading to their arrest in connection with separate bank fraud cases.
The accused have been identified as Rajkumar Churewal, Madhav Churewal, Dipak Churewal, and Rajesh Churewal.
A senior CBI official stated that Rajkumar Churewal and Madhav Churewal were declared absconders in two bank fraud cases, while the other two were declared absconders in 2010. Another family member, Surendra Kumar Churewal, who had also been declared an absconder, is now reportedly deceased.
During their time in hiding, the accused allegedly concealed their true identities by obtaining forged government documents under fictitious names.
Due to their prolonged evasion, the CBI had declared a cash reward of ₹1 lakh for each of them. Recently, new leads regarding their current aliases and residential addresses were successfully uncovered.
Acting on this intelligence, CBI teams from its Economic Offences Branch (EOB) in Kolkata launched coordinated operations on Sunday.
This led to the arrest of Rajkumar Churewal, Madhav Churewal, and Dipak Churewal from two separate locations in Nagpur, and Rajesh Churewal from Chhatrapati Sambhaji Nagar.
The accused will be produced before the competent court in Kolkata. Additionally, the CBI is in the process of registering a new case against them with the state police for charges including cheating by impersonation and forgery for cheating.
It has also been revealed that while using their assumed identities, the accused obtained another loan from the Bank of India, which they subsequently defaulted on.
CBI arrests 4 absconders in bank fraud case
