The Anti-Corruption Bureau's FIR reveals that the cheques bore forged signatures of a senior IAS officer, who had relinquished charge much before the bank accounts were opened.
Haryana Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini attributes the fraud to collusion by lower-level employees at Chandigarh banks & says the full sum was credited back to state govt accounts.
Mehta family, living in London, is linked to a series of bank frauds. While CBI has filed 16 cases against Mehta, his wife Sonia & sons Suraj and Vishal face a dozen cases of fraud.
The two have been in custody since April 2020 in connection with loans worth Rs 57,252 cr availed by DHFL from consortium of 17 banks. Other co-accused in related cases out on bail.
CBI has booked Anil Ambani’s son on Union Bank of India’s complaint against his finance firm that caused alleged loss of Rs 228 crore. Raids were conducted Tuesday.
The order comes weeks after a separate bench proposed dropping all criminal charges against the billionaire Sandesara brothers, given that they deposited Rs 5,100 cr as settlement with defrauded banks.
Choksi can still appeal against extradition to higher court. India has guaranteed Choksi will be kept in humanitarian conditions at par with European human rights laws.
As social media debated whether audiences were consuming Pujarini Pradhan as a symbol, The Juggernaut turned her into a story that could circulate globally, with or without her participation.
Regulator seeks feedback on allowing firms to repurchase shares via exchanges after tax changes, as markets reel from war-led selloff and foreign outflows.
China patiently invested capital, skill and technology in coal gasification. Unlike it, we won’t move from words to action. As crude prices decline, we lose interest.
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