The accused wanted in fake SAIl TMT stamping and trading case, lalit Agrawal and his son Pankaj Agrawal were nabbed in Gondia city of Maharashtra on the intervening night of Tuesday and Wednesday, police said on Wednesday. Police had declared cash reward of Rs 60,000 on their arrest.
Additional Superintendent of Police (Crime) Shweta Sinha informed that the father-son duo were arrested on a tip off from Gondia city of Maharashtra and were brought Raipur. later they were produced in the court of Judicial Magistrate First Class (JMFC) Pallavi Tiwari who sent them police remand till July 14.
Notably lalit Agrawal and Pankaj Agrawal were on the run since April 3 last when police raided their factories Pankaj Ispat Pvt ltd Gogaon and Alankar Alloys Borjhara Road in Urla area where about 300 tonnes of TMT rods were seized with fake stamps of SAIl on them. The raids were conducted on complaint from SAIl officer from Mumbai. The CBI team was also the part of operation conducted with Raipur police. The exposing of factory has created sensation in the city as this was first case in which such a huge quantity of fake TMT bars were seized from any factory.