Guwahati: The criminal investigation department (CID) of Assam Police has arrested another accused in AMTRON fraud case wherein Rs 2.57 crore was fraudulently siphoned off from the official account of AMTRON, a state government undertaking, and transferred to the bank account of a firm in Tamil Nadu.
Rafiur Rahman, one of the kingpins in the case who was absconding, was detained at Trichy Airport, Tamil Nadu on Tuesday while returning from Singapore by the immigration officials based on the lookout notice issued by the CID, Assam Police.
A CID team rushed to Tamil Nadu and arrested the accused and brought him to Guwahati on Thursday by a flight after obtaining a transit warrant from the local magistrate.
“The investigation so far reveals that Rs 40 lakh has been transferred to the account of this arrested accused. He is being forwarded to the CJM Court here,” a statement from the superintendent of police, CID, Assam, informed on Thursday evening.
“Interrogation of the accused is underway to extract further inputs and further actionable points,” it stated.
It may be noted that Rahman’s passport and detailed address were traced by the CID, Assam and a lookout notice was issued to the Bureau of Immigration, New Delhi.
The CID had, last month, charge-sheeted two other accused in the case, Rahul Lochan Huzuri, assistant, finance and accounts department of AMTRON, and Shankar Anbalagan, the owner of M/s SRS Raw Material Traders of Salem, Tamil Nadu.
A case (number 13/2021) was also registered against the two accused by the CID under Sections 120 B/420/406/409 of IPC, read with Section 66 D, of the Information Technology Act.
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