Chennai, July 21 -- The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has traced and arrested a proclaimed offender Ms Nasreen Taj, who has been evading arrest for nearly seven years, in a high-value bank fraud case.

The arrest was due to the pursuant sustained and meticulous efforts made by the investigating team using advanced technical tools and identity tracking databases the CBI said today.

The bank fraud case was registered by CBI on April 15, 2009 against the accused persons including, the then Branch Manager of Syndicate Bank, Mandya Branch, Asadullah Khan and eight others for criminal conspiracy, cheating, forgery and use of forged documents as genuine, to defraud the bank.

In this case, the accused had conspired to cheat the Syndi...