The CBI has arrested an accused, who was absconding for about six years, in a bank fraud case from the Indira Gandhi International Airport here.
The absconding accused Aarti Kalra is a private person and was arrested on Saturday.
A case was registered on December 16, 2015 against Arti, her husband Sunny Kalra and others on the allegations that these accused (directors of a private company White Tiger Steels Pvt Ltd) fraudulently obtained a bank loan of `10 crore from Punjab National Bank, Darya Ganj Branch here during October 2013, the agency said in a statement here on Saturday.
It was further alleged that after couple of months following the grant of the loan, the accused started defaulting on the timely interest payment and with a malafide intention removed the entire goods which were pledged to the bank, due to which the loan account turned non-performing assets (NPA). Both the accused were absconding since registration of the case, it said.
After investigation, a chargesheet was filed on December 22, 2016 against them and three other officials of Punjab National Bank including then Chief Manager, then Manager and then Additional General Manager. Further investigation was kept open, it further said.
As both the accused did not join the investigation, Interpol Red Corner Notices were issued against them in 2016. In pursuance of existing RCN, one of the accused (her husband) was apprehended at Muscat, Oman and subsequently, he was deported to India on March 7,.2020.
The CBI apprehended the other absconding accused on arrival at the airport here from UAE on Friday.
The arrested accused was produced before the Competent Court here that remanded her to judicial custody.