Cops arrest offender in Rs 136.40 cr fraud
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Delhi Police's Economic Offences Wiwng (EOW) arrested Shiv Sankar Das from Patna on July 27, who had evaded arrest for months and was later brought to Delhi on police transit remand.
New Delhi: A proclaimed offender was arrested in Bihar in an alleged fraud involving forged bank guarantees worth Rs 136.40 crore submitted during a tender floated by the Solar Energy Corporation of India (SECI), Delhi Police said on Monday. Delhi Police's Economic Offences Wiwng (EOW) arrested Shiv Sankar Das from Patna on July 27, who had evaded arrest for months and was later brought to Delhi on police transit remand.
He is currently in judicial custody, a statement read. The case stems from a complaint lodged by SECI, a public sector undertaking under the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy, alleging that Reliance NU BESS Limited, a subsidiary of Reliance Power Limited, had submitted two forged bank guarantees of Rs 68.20 crore each during a tender process, it read. Subsequently, the EOW registered an FIR in June 2025.
