Guwahati, Sept. 4 -- In a dramatic joint operation, Assam Police and the Bhubaneswar-Cuttack Commissionerate Police on Thursday afternoon launched a raid at Subhadra Apartment in the Infocity area of Bhubaneswar to apprehend one of Assam's most wanted accused, identified as Sameer Patnaik, accused in multi-crore financial scams.

Patnaik, who has been on the radar of Assam Police for months, faces multiple charges of fraud and financial crimes amounting to crores of rupees.

A court warrant is pending against him, making him a high-profile fugitive on Assam Police's list of most wanted economic offenders.

Sources revealed that Patnaik had earlier been arrested by the Commissionerate Police in Bhubaneswar but was released on bail only a f...