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CBI Registers Fresh FIR against Mehul Choksi

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 a...

Ex-Chairman Of ABG Shipyard Visits CBI Headquarters To Join Probe

Last week, CBI questioned Rishi Aggarwal in the matter. ABG Shipyard case is said to be India's biggest bank fraud. New Delhi: Former Chairman and Managing Director (CMD) Rishi Aggarwal on Monday reached Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) headquarter to join investigation with voluminous documents in ₹ 22,842 crore bank loan fraud, allegedly committed by ABG Shipyard Limited.  Last week, CBI questioned Rishi Aggarwal in the matter. ABG Shipyard case is said to be India's biggest bank fraud. Rishi Aggarwal was accompanied by the legal team of Advocate Vijay Aggarwal to the CBI headquarter. Advocate Vijay Aggarwal is best known for handling 2G spectrum scam case, ICICI-Videocon case, Yes Bank's Rana Kapoor case etc. ABG Shipyard case: Former Chairman and MD Rishi Aggarwal reaches CBI headquarters in Delhi to join the investigation pic.twitter.com/nLyeWWze5C — ANI (@ANI) February 21, 2022 Recently CBI in a statement, said that the accused have been located in India. Th...

CBI To Minimize the Harassment on Witnesses Caused By Constant Questioning

  A group of people linked with the development said that The Central bureau of Investigation(CBI) is nowadays functioning on the practice of to ensure that the witnessed linked with its cases are not been called for questioning purpose on day to day basis to avoid the allegations of harassment that were being imposed on CBI . Witnesses were called every single day in many cases like 2G coal spectrum scam, and other high profile cases like the one Punjab national bank scan associated with Nirav modi and Mehul choksi and the corruption case against former union minister of India P Chidambaram and the Sushant Singh rajput case. Witnesses of these cases were called everyday for investigation and clarification of the various issues linked to these cases. Whilst maintaining the anonymity of the case an officer cited that employee of a public sector bank was called dozens for times in the year of 2018 for the purpose of investigation in a case of bank fraud.  CBI director Pra...