New Delhi, September 19, 2014: The Central Bureau of Investigation has arrested a private person who was declared Proclaimed Offender by the Trial Court in a case relating to alleged fraud in the Duty Free Replenishment Certificates (DFRCs) obtained from Directorate of Foreign Trade (DGFT), Mumbai during 2005. An alleged loss of Rs.2,17,39,527/- (approx) was caused to Custom Department.
CBI had registered a case on 26.03.2007. After investigation, a charge sheet was filed on 06.10.2008 in the Court of Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate, Mumbai Under Section 120-B r/w 420, 467, 468 and 471 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and substantive offences thereof against 11 private accused persons.
The said person was absconding and he was declared Proclaimed Offender on November 24, 2010 by the Trial Court. After sustained efforts, CBI traced the accused and arrested him at Surat, Gujarat.
The arrested accused was produced in the Trial Court and was remanded to Judicial Custody till September 24, 2014.
(SK Vyas/Jalandhar)
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