After a prolonged run of 28 years, the CBI succeeded to nab an accused from Surat in Gujarat on Friday in a bank fraud case.
Sukadeb Sahu (69) was arrested from his son’s house in Surat, where he had been hiding. At least five investigating officers were changed till date from the day a case against him was filed. A CBI official said Sahu, a native of Sonepur, had taken a loan of Rs 1 lakh from a nationalized bank in 1981. But after he did not turn up for the repayment of the loan, the bank had started an investigation and found that Sahu had produced fake documents to get the loan. later in 1986, the case against him was sifted to CBI. Former officer of the bank Basudev Debata was arrested in connection with the fraud. But Sahu had managed to escape in 1985.