CBI should enquire nexus between BJP & judiciary: Trinamul
Trinamul Congress has demanded a CBI inquiry into the alleged understanding between a section of the judiciary and BJP leaders.
After days of questioning in Kanpur, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Wednesday began grilling Rotomac pen’s owner Vikram Kothari and his son, Rahul at their headquarters here.
“CBI called Rotomac owner and his son for questioning CBI headquarters in Delhi, questioning started today morning,” a CBI official said.
The CBI had on Tuesday continued raids at the same three locations in Kanpur for the second consecutive day as it probed a multi-crore loan default by Kothari.
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The investigative agency also questioned Kothari along with his wife, Sushma.
The raided places included office and residential premises of the company’s directors, where searches were conducted on Monday as well, the CBI said.
The probe agency has also sealed a residential premise and an office of Rotomac directors in New Delhi.
Kothari is accused of not paying back loans to the tune of Rs 3,695 crore (including interest) taken from a consortium of seven banks.
A team of the Enforcement Directorate (ED), which has lodged a case of money laundering against Kothari, was also assessing documents and records seized from his Tilak Nagar residence here.
The Bank of Baroda has already declared Vikram Kothari, his wife Sadhna and son Rahul loan as defaulters.
Their bank details, property documents, pen drives, laptops have been seized by the investigative agency along with their passports.
The Rotomac pen company owner had taken loans from the Indian Overseas Bank, Bank of Maharashtra, Bank of Baroda, Bank of India, Union Bank of India, Allahabad Bank and Oriental Bank of Commerce.
Informed sources said that the probe was also revolving around the details of loan conditions, including the details of properties against which the banks gave him such big loans.
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