The tribunal, in its order of August 28 observed that a police case for abetment of suicide under IPC came to be registered in this matter consequent upon suicide by one of the suspended directors of the corporate debtor on the ground that the initiation of CIRP proceedings caused Nitin Desai to commit suicide.
India News: MUMBAI: The Bombay high court on Friday began hearing submissions on behalf of Raj Kumar Bansal the Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer (CEO.
Edelweiss group chairman Rashesh Shah and ECL Finance executives have approached the Bombay High Court to quash the FIR registered against them in relation to art director Nitin Desai s suicide case. The Raigad police had recorded statements of ECL Finance MD, Phanindranath Kakarla, in the case, and have summoned the accused again on Friday. The FIR was lodged after Desai s wife alleged that officials from ECL Finance harassed her husband to repay loans availed by him, leading to his death.
A financial executive of ECL Finance has been served notice by the police seeking information about loans given to Bollywood art director Nitin Desai, who died by suicide on Wednesday.
According to the police, a case of abetment to suicide under section 306 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) was registered based on the complaint given by Desais widow, Neha. In her complaint Neha has alleged that Desai was "harassed by the officials to repay the loans availed by him". The police have also invoked section 34 ( common intention) of the IPC in the matter.