Chennai: In a case of fraud involving the withdrawal of a Rs. 3 lakh 22 thousand 500 cheque for an LIC policy maturity amount from a bank using forged documents and impersonation, two people who had been absconding for 17 years were arrested.
In 2009, Kannan, who was working as a manager at the LIC office on Anna Salai, filed a complaint at the Chennai Police Commissioner’s office.
In that complaint, the cheque for Rs. 3 lakh 22 thousand 500, the maturity amount of LIC policyholder Vijayakumar, was sent to his Sowcarpet address.
However, the unknown persons fraudulently obtained that cheque, prepared forged documents in the name of Vijayakumar, impersonated him, and withdrew the cheque amount from the bank, thereby committing fraud.
Therefore, they should be identified and arrested. Further, the money obtained through the fraud should be recovered.
This was stated in the complaint petition. Based on this complaint, the Chennai Central Crime Branch police registered a case and investigated. However, they were unable to identify the fraudsters.
In this situation, Police Commissioner Amalraj ordered that they be identified and arrested. Accordingly, a special team was formed. The special team police once again launched a search operation.
In this situation, in this fraud case, Prathap (41), from Kumbakonam in Thanjavur district, who had been absconding for 17 years, was arrested on the 31st. Arjunan (age 50), from MGR Nagar, Taramani, Chennai, who had assisted him, was arrested the day before yesterday.
