Cheating accused arrested after 12 years

Vadodara: Twelve years after he was booked, an auto-rickshaw driver living in Tandalja was arrested on Monday. The accused had cheated two persons in 2008 of Rs 5.9 lakh by promising to send them to USA.
Police said that they had received information about the accused Jamil Kaji since he had moved to Tandalja with his wife few months back. “We had got a tip-off that Kaji was involved in some criminal activity long ago and he had been absconding since.We had detained him and after his coronavirus test turned out to be negative, we formally arrested him on Monday,” said a police official.
During interrogation, Kaji admitted to police that he had cheated two persons including a woman in 2008. As the two victims wanted to go to USA, Kaji took Rs 5.9 lakh, two cheques of similar amount and their passports. However, instead of managing their travel process, Kaji gave the victims forged flight tickets and disappeared. Later, the two victims lodged complaint of cheating and forgery at City police station.
Kaji told police that when he learnt that a complaint has been lodged, he fled to Mumbai and ran a cutlery shop there. Some months ago, he rented a house in Tandalja and started living there with his wife. He used to drive an auto-rickshaw to make his living.