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PNB fraud: ED raids over 45 locations in 15 cities
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SME Times News Bureau | 19 Feb, 2018
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Sunday conducted searches at over 45
more locations in 15 cities across India in connection with the
multi-crore Punjab National Bank (PNB) scam, an official said.
The
agency raided 10 places in Bengaluru, seven in Delhi, five each in
Kolkata and Mumbai, four each in Chandigarh and Hyderabad, three each in
Patna and Lucknow, two in Ahmedabad and one each in Chennai and
Guwahati. It also conducted raids in Goa, Jaipur, Srinagar and
Jalandhar cities whose locations are yet to be confirmed, the official
said.
In Delhi, the ED conducted raids at the Gitanjali brand
counter in MGF mall in Saket, Ambience mall in Vasant Kunj, Gitanjali
counter shoppers stop in Janakpuri, RCube in Rajouri Garden, Regal
jewellers and Gitanjali store in Dwarka sector 11 and Rohini.
The
ED on Friday and Saturday also conducted raids at 35 and 21 locations
across India respectively in connection with the fraud involving around
Rs 11,300 crore and has seized diamonds, gold and jewellery worth Rs
5,674 crore.
The ED on Thursday registered a FIR under the
Prevention of Money Laundering Act and conducted raids after the
surfacing of the alleged fraud by billionaire diamond trader Nirav Modi
and his Mumbai-based firms -- Diamonds R Us, Solar Exports and Stellar
Diamonds.
The action is based on a Central Bureau of
Investigation (CBI) case registered against Nirav Modi on Wednesday in
connection with a fraud involving Rs 6,498 crore.
The CBI on
Thursday registered fresh FIRs against 10 directors of the Gitanjali
Group of companies on charges of criminal conspiracy and cheating under
the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and Prevention of Corruption Act, including
Mehul Choksi, the Managing Director of Gitanjali Gems Ltd based in
Mumbai's Walkeshwar.
The FIR also named two former bank employees said to be directly involved in the fraudulent transactions.
Additionally, three companies of Gitanjali Group were also named in the CBI FIR for defrauding Rs 4,886.72 crore.
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