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The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has arrested a Proclaimed Offender (PO), Ashutosh Pandit, Director of M/s House of Laptops (I) Pvt. Ltd., Pune, who is accused in a Bank Fraud Case and was absconding. 

The case pertains to a bank fraud involving Indian Overseas Bank, Pune, amounting to ₹17 crore. The case was initially registered with the EOW, Mumbai and subsequently transferred to CBI, Pune, where the trial is presently pending. 

Persistent and sustained efforts were made to trace the accused during the course of investigation as well as after filing of the charge-sheet in the year 2013, however, he remained untraceable. After completion of all prescribed legal formalities, the accused Ashutosh Pandit was declared a Proclaimed Offender in April 2018. 

Subsequently, based on inputs generated through NATGRID Portal it was found that the accused Ashutosh Pandit had changed his identity as Yatin Sharma, having a residential address at Bambolim, Goa. The accused had changed his PAN card, Aadhaar card and passport. He had initially obtained a passport from New Delhi and upon its expiry, he procured another passport from Goa. 

The CBI conducted a meticulous operation, duly supported by technical evidence and successfully apprehended the Proclaimed Offender at his new residence.