Jaipur: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) ended more than a decade-long hunt linked to a multi-crore bank fraud case by arresting a wanted accused from Banswar Friday.In a statement, the agency said accused Sanjay Sharma alias Sanjeev Dixit was arrested from Banswara, while another proclaimed offender in the same case, Sheetal Sharma alias Aarti Sharma, was held in Gujarat.Sanjay is named as an accused in two separate cases and was declared a proclaimed offender in the matters in 2016 and 2017. Sheetal was named in one case, in which she was declared a proclaimed offender in 2016.The first case against Sanjay from 2013 involves Rs 9.9 crore and also names Sheetal, Punjab National Bank officials, and unknown persons. The second case involving Rs 4 crore was registered against Sanjay and others the same year.He was earlier arrested by Haryana Police in 2014, but escaped from custody while being produced before a Sonipat court and remained absconding since.The CBI said coordinated efforts were made to trace both proclaimed offenders. Extensive open-source intelligence was collected and analysed, which revealed that Sanjay was living under the assumed identity of Pankaj Bhardwaj.Mobile numbers of the accused were identified using data analytics and human intelligence. Analyses of mobile data and financial transactions helped narrow down the locations of the two fugitives.Both were presented before competent courts, and transit warrants were issued to move them to New Delhi for further investigations.
