The accused named in the FIR have been identified as M/s Pratibha Industries Limited, Mumbai; Ajit Bhagwan Kulkarni, Ravi Kulkarni, Sunanda Datta Kulkarni, Sharad Prabhakar Deshpande, alll are director and guarantors in the company.
The court awarded seven years rigorous imprisonment to Sarath Babu Jelly and Suhas Kalyan Ramdasi, then officials of Bank of Maharashtra, Secunderabad Branch and slapped a fine of Rs 1,10,000 each on them, the CBI said on Wednesday.
In the complaint, it was also alleged that a loss to the tune of Rs 45.4 crore was caused to Indian Bank by way of foreclosing or pre-closing of several term deposits (fixed deposits) created in the name of the Chennai Port Trust (CPT) and also transferring or withdrawing the said amount through various accounts etc.
The ED case of money laundering is based on the FIR registered by CBI against the Hyderabad-based company and its directors over an alleged bank fraud case to the tune of Rs 1,700 crore, on the complaint of the Punjab National Bank (PNB) in 2018.
CBI registered a case against Crompton Greaves Power and Industrial Solution Ltd for causing loss to the SBI led consortium banks worth Rs 2,435 crore
The report highlighted several areas of possible fraud that individuals and businesses need to be careful about ~ sales and distribution, covering artificial inflation of prices and sale of damaged, expired or counterfeit products; fake online sales; kickbacks to ensure procurement of products hit by lockdowns or import restrictions; cyber frauds due to increased remote working, and reduced focus on compliance that triggers contravention of laws.
After tumbling to 6.73 per cent to Rs 34.60 on the BSE, lender’s shares were trading at Rs 35.05, down by 5.53 per cent at 1.45 pm.
Thakur told that the declining trend in bank frauds is observed in respect of Public Sector Banks (PSBs) as well with the amount involved by year of occurrence of fraud reducing sharply.
Following a complaint lodged by a bank, the CBI has booked the three directors: Paresh Chhabildas Shah, Sahil Paresh Shah and Viraj Chetan Shah under various sections of the IPC and PCA.
Vijay Mallya fled to London in March 2016. Almost a year later, India sent a request to the UK to extradite the "fugitive" liquor baron who owed nearly Rs 9,000 crore (including interest) to 17 Indian banks
