MUMBAI, Aug. 10 -- A professor who was allegedly part of a Rs.94-lakh cheating racket and a transporter who had been on the run for nearly two years were finally tracked down to Raipur in Chhattisgarh, after Vanrai police in Goregaon East followed an informant trail to their hideouts. The two wanted accused- Kamlesh Sahu, 39, a professor at an engineering college who is also involved in the transport business, and transporter Virendra Tanwar- were arrested from Sector 27 in Raipur during a search operation on Friday, police said. What made the chase more difficult was that the accused had stopped using their mobile phones to avoid detection. However, police officials said their efforts to remain off the grid eventually failed after informants tipped off investigators that the two had relocated to Raipur. The case dates back to between January and March 2024, when Dev Sharma, the zonal head of Box N Freight Logistics Solution Private Limited, allegedly colluded with Sahu and Tanwar to create fake e-way bills, false receipts and use fake stamps of the recipient company to show paper transactions worth Rs.94 lakh. According to the police, no actual services were provided to the client against these transactions. The alleged fraud came to light after discrepancies were detected in the company's accounts. Company director Prashant Shettikar subsequently learnt about Sharma's alleged involvement, following which a case was registered in 2024. "Sharma was arrested a month and a half ago and is in jail. He has received Rs.4 lakh commission from Sahu and Tanwar for approving the fake bills, of which Rs.2 lakh was credited to his wife's account. Sharma was arrested from Bengaluru," a police officer from Vanrai police station said. With Sharma behind bars, investigators turned their attention to Sahu and Tanwar, who allegedly went into hiding after learning that Mumbai police were looking for them in connection with the cheating case involving the Goregaon-based company....