Archive · 20 Aug 2026
CBI Arrests Man After 16 Years for Lok Sabha Fraud
The CBI arrested Jitendra Pathak after searching for him for more than 16 years.
He was accused of pretending to work for the Lok Sabha.
Investigators said he promised someone a job in Parliament.
The person allegedly paid him Rs 50,000.
Pathak was charged in 2009.
He did not appear in court after the chargesheet was filed.
A court declared him a proclaimed offender in 2016.
The CBI later found that he was living in Ludhiana and arrested him.
The CBI arrested Jitendra Pathak in Ludhiana after more than 16 years on the run.
Pathak was accused of posing as a Lok Sabha employee and promising a Parliament job.
Investigators said he allegedly cheated a person of Rs 50,000 in the case registered in July 2009.
He was chargesheeted in December 2009 but never appeared before the court, according to the CBI.
A special court declared Pathak a proclaimed offender on September 28, 2016, before his arrest following field verification and technical analysis.
- Who
- The Central Bureau of Investigation arrested Jitendra Pathak, who was accused in the case.
- What
- Pathak was arrested after allegedly impersonating a Lok Sabha employee and cheating a person through a false Parliament job promise.
- When
- The case was registered on July 13, 2009; Pathak was arrested on the Wednesday before the report dated August 20, and declared a proclaimed offender on September 28, 2016.
- Where
- He was apprehended in Ludhiana, Punjab.
- Why
- The CBI arrested him to pursue the case after he allegedly failed to appear in court and remained untraceable for more than 16 years.
- Accused
- Jitendra Pathak
- Agency
- Central Bureau of Investigation
- Alleged amount
- Rs 50,000
- Case registration
- July 13, 2009
- Chargesheet
- Filed in December 2009
- Proclaimed offender
- Declared by a special court on September 28, 2016
- Arrest location
- Ludhiana, Punjab