New Delhi/Lucknow: Proclaimed criminal Satyendra Kumar, who was absconding for nearly 25 years in a fodder scam case, has finally been arrested. The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) team arrested him from Lucknow Railway Station after precise intelligence-technical surveillance and continuous pursuit. The search for the accused, who was out of the grip of the law for a long time, ended when he was traveling by train.
Had absconded after the charge sheet
According to CBI, Satyendra Kumar had absconded after the charge sheet was filed in the case in 2001. A permanent warrant of arrest was issued against him for not appearing in the court for hearing of the case. Since then the investigating agency was continuously searching for him.
Trap laid as soon as Nepal returned to India
Based on intelligence inputs along with continuous physical and technical surveillance, CBI traced the presence of the accused in Nepal. Recently there was news of his return to India. On October 22, he left by train from Guna in Madhya Pradesh for Lucknow, the capital of Uttar Pradesh.
As soon as specific intelligence was received, CBI formed a special team for the arrest. The team was deployed at the railway station even before the train reached Lucknow. As soon as the accused reached the station around midnight, the officers caught hold of him and arrested him.
Now he will be produced in Ranchi court
After the arrest, the accused is being taken to Ranchi on transit remand, where he will be produced in the concerned competent court and face trial. A special team of CBI was involved in the operation which carried out the arrest by coordinating intelligence inputs, technical surveillance and ground level search.