CBI arrests conman ‘dead’ for 20 years living in sadhu’s disguise

It all started on May 1, 2002 when CBI registered a case against V Chalapathi Rao, then a computer operator with SBI’s Chandulal Baradari branch at Hyderabad, for allegedly cheating the bank of Rs 50 lakh. He had obtained loans allegedly using fabricated quotations from electronics shops and fake salary certificates made out in the names of his family members and close associates. CBI filed two chargesheets in the case in Dec 2004 after which Rao went missing.