The company is founded and managed by Saurav Banerjee, former Co-CEO and CFO of NDTV Group, and is being probed by the ED for allegedly parking Sherpuria’s funds.
Sanjay Prakash Rai's loan among Rs 59 lakh mentioned in poll affidavit; lent Rs 25 lakh to Manoj Sinha as ‘unsecured loan’ before 2019 Lok Sabha elections
Responding to a query, a senior official in NDDB said, “NDDB has not done verification of the project till now. Subsidy amount can only be released to Youth Rural Entrepreneur Foundation after the verification, so the amount is not released.”
A case against Rai was lodged at Lucknow’s Vibhuti Khand police station on Tuesday, and he was arrested by the STF on Wednesday over allegations of collecting money worth crores from people and organisations by forging documents that falsely showed a connection to the Prime Minister’s Office.