CBI Arrests Four Family Members Absconding for 15 Years in Bank Fraud Cases

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has arrested four members of the Churewal family who had been on the run for nearly 15 years in connection with bank fraud cases. The accused — Rajkumar Churewal, Madhav Churewal, Dipak Churewal, and Rajesh Churewal — were caught from Nagpur and Chhatrapati Sambhaji Nagar in Maharashtra on 14 September 2025.

According to the CBI, Rajkumar and Madhav Churewal had been declared absconders in cases RC 07/E/2004 and RC 06/E/2007 registered by the CBI’s Economic Offences Branch (EOB), Kolkata. Dipak and Rajesh Churewal were declared absconders in RC 06/E/2007 in 2010. Another family member, Surendra Kumar Churewal, also declared an absconder in the same case, has since passed away.

Investigators said the accused lived under fake identities during their abscondence by using forged government identity documents. A reward of ₹1 lakh each had been announced for information on their whereabouts. Acting on fresh leads about their aliases and addresses, CBI teams launched coordinated operations that led to their arrest.

The arrested accused will be produced before a court in Kolkata. The CBI is also preparing to file a new case against them with the state police for cheating, impersonation, and forgery. It has further come to light that during their abscondence, the accused took another bank loan from the Bank of India under false identities and later defaulted on repayment.