Archive · 18 Dec 2025
CBI Arrests Offender in 2013 Bank Fraud Case
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has caught a man named Ashutosh Pandit who was hiding for a long time.
He is the director of a company called M/s House of Laptops (I) Pvt.
Ltd.
in Pune.
He is accused of cheating a bank called Indian Overseas Bank out of ₹17 crore.
The case started in 2013, and Ashutosh was declared a proclaimed offender in 2018 because he was not found.
He had changed his name and documents to hide.
The CBI found him in Goa and arrested him.
CBI arrested Ashutosh Pandit, Director of M/s House of Laptops (I) Pvt. Ltd., in a ₹17 crore bank fraud case.
The fraud involved Indian Overseas Bank, Pune, and was initially registered with EOW Mumbai in 2013.
Pandit was declared a proclaimed offender in April 2018 after remaining untraceable for years.
He had changed his identity to Yatin Sharma and obtained new identity documents, including a passport from Goa.
CBI apprehended him at his residence in Bambolim, Goa, through a meticulous operation supported by technical evidence.
- Who
- Ashutosh Pandit, Director of M/s House of Laptops (I) Pvt. Ltd.
- What
- Arrest in a ₹17 crore bank fraud case
- When
- Case registered in 2013, arrest in recent times
- Where
- Pune, Mumbai, Goa
- Why
- Accused was absconding and had changed his identity
- Accused Name
- Ashutosh Pandit
- Company
- M/s House of Laptops (I) Pvt. Ltd.
- Bank Involved
- Indian Overseas Bank, Pune
- Fraud Amount
- ₹17 crore
- Initial Registration
- Economic Offences Wing (EOW) Mumbai
- Current Trial Location
- CBI, Pune
- Proclaimed Offender Declaration
- April 2018