Madurai, Monday 06 September 2010: A CBI court here has remanded a close relative of arrested PDP leader Abdul Nazer Maudani to custody till September 16 in a bank fraud case.

Abdul Azeez was arrested and handed over to CBI at Bangalore two days back. Police said Azeez was involved in a Rs 95.94 lakh cheque fraud case filed by Bank of Maharashtra branch here in 1994.

Though five other accused released on bail had been attending trial at the CBI court, Azeez had absconded after coming out on bail and the agency was searching for him, they said.

Azeez had gone to Bangalore to take bail for Maudani in the 2008 Bangalore blast case. Police in that city, who came to know that CBI was searching for him, arrested him and handed him over to the agency, they said.

Earlier report

The CBI on Friday arrested top PDP leader C.K. Abdul Azeez from Bangalore. He is in the wanted list. He was arrested on charges of bank fraud in1993.

A non-bailable warrant was earlier issued against him. There were altogether nine accused in the case. Six of them were punished.

The accused persons in furtherance of a criminal conspiracy stealthily removed one DD book from Bank of India, D.N. Road branch and another from Bank of Maharashtra, Ghatkopar East branch, Mumbai.

Out of the stolen DD book of Bank of Maharashtra 5 DDs for Rs.48.03 lakhs were forged and fraudulently attempted to encash through properly introduced fictitious accounts at Bank of Maharashtra, Madurai.

Out of the DD book stolen from Bank of India 10 DDs were forged to the tune of Rs.94.95 lakhs to which 9 DDs amounting to Rs.38,35,800/- was withdrawn through the fictitious account opened in Canara Bank, Ramnad Road Branch.