A 30-year-old woman absconding since 2018 has been arrested from Ararh Bihar for allegedly cheating Rs 86 lakh from Bank of India, Chas branch.
The woman has been sent to Chas jail. Her husband Rohit Raj is main accused in the case, is still absconding, while his wife Deepati Singh is bank granter, DySP, Bhagwan Das said on Friday.
The main accused Rohit Raj and his wife Deepti Singh belong to Bokaro's Chas.According to police the Bank of India branch manager Rajesh Singh had registered a case (131/18) at Chas police station of cheating, Rs 86 lakh against Rohit Raj and his wife Deepti Singh, on June7, 2018. After getting information regarding her hideout, she was arrested from Chinegaon in Arrah on Thursday at around 2 pm," DSP (Chas ) Bhagwan Das said.
According to police, they had applied for housing loan and submitted fake proforma invoice in the bank and bank officials issued pay orders in the name of Rohit Raj while wife Deepti was guarantor of the loan.
After depositing the money their accounts, they withdrew the cash or transferred the amount in other fake bank accounts and later escaped after leaving his wife Deepti Singh.
Sources said that police could not find main accused, while arrested his wife Deepti Singh at Chhanegaon village under Sinha police station in Arrah in Bihar.