The CBI has filed a fresh first information report (FIR) against fugitive diamantaire Mehul Choksi for allegedly cheating a consortium of banks led by Canara Bank of ₹55.27 crore. Several teams of the agency also carried out raids at three locations in Mumbai. Besides Choksi, Bezel Jewellery India Pvt Ltd (previously known as D’damas Jewellery), a company promoted by him, and its whole-time directors Chetna Jhaveri, Dinesh Bhatia and Milind Limaye have also been booked by the agency, the people cited above said. In a complaint on August 30, 2021, Canara Bank alleged that the bank, along with Bank of Maharashtra, had sanctioned ₹30 crore and ₹25 crore, respectively, as working capital facility to Bezel Jewellery under a consortium agreement. Though the loan was granted for manufacture and sale of gold and diamond-studded jewellery, the company did not route any of the business transactions through the account to hide diversion of funds, the people cited above said on condition of anony