38-year-old man absconding for 14 years arrested in Delhi
A 38-year-old man, who was absconding for 14 years, was arrested in Delhi, police said on Wednesday. The man, identified as Laxmi Prasad, was arrested from his brother's residence in Delhi's Madanpur Khadar on charges of cheating and forgery, they said. The accused was declared as a proclaimed offender by the Patiala House Court on January 8, 2004.
The accused prepared a forged letter for a new checkbook
During interrogation, Laxmi Prasad revealed that in February 1996 while working as an office boy in a bank at Nehru Place, he fraudulently prepared a forged letter of his employer regarding application to the Assistant Manager of the bank for issuing a new checkbook, said Chinmoy Biswal, the Deputy Commissioner of Police. It was learned that no such request was made by the employer.
Laxmi was staying at his in-laws' place in Madhya Pradesh
When the accused went to withdraw money from the bank, he was arrested on charges of cheating and forgery, the DCP said. After a month, he was released on bail. During the trial, the accused stopped attending court proceedings, following which he was declared as a proclaimed offender in 2004. The accused was staying at his in-laws' place at Chatra in Madhya Pradesh.
