PMC Bank scam: Bail pleas of Viva group managing director Mehul Thakur, CA rejected
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Last Updated: Apr 10, 2021, 08:05 PM IST
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Their plea for default bail was rejected by special judge Abhijeet Nandgoankar on April 8, and a detailed copy of the order was made available on Friday.
Mehul Thakur (centre) and Madan Chaturvedi (behind) on their way to court.
A special PMLA court in Mumbai has denied bail to Mehul Thakur, managing director of Viva group, and chartered accountant Madan Chaturvedi in connection with the Rs 4300-crore PMC Bank fraud case. Their plea for default bail was rejected by special judge Abhijeet Nandgoankar on April 8, and a detailed copy of the order was made available on Friday.
Media reports quote officials saying ED has arrested Viva Group Managing Director Mehul Thakur and Director Madan Gopal Chaturvedi in connection with the PMC bank and Housing Development and Infrastructure Limited company scam.
ED conducted searches at the premises of the viva group and the premises of their associates. During the searches, Rs 73 lakh cash, incriminating digital and documentary evidence were recovered, said ED officials. The ED action is based on the FIR registered by EOW under various sections of IPC.
Earlier, properties of Rakesh Kumar Wadhawan and Wadhawan family trust valued at Rs 293 crore and jewellery worth Rs 63 crores had been attached.
ED Arrests Yes Bank Co-Founder Rana Kapoor For Rs 4300 Crore Fraud
In the latest case, sources said, Kapoor was placed under arrest in jail as per provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA). PTI Outlook Web Bureau 2021-01-27T19:36:47+05:30 ED Arrests Yes Bank Co-Founder Rana Kapoor For Rs 4300 Crore Fraud outlookindia.com 2021-01-27T19:39:02+05:30
Adding another blow to co-promoter of Yes Bank, Rana Kapoor, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Wednesday arrested him in yet another case related to money laundering.
The fresh case of money laundering is reported to the tunes of a gigantic amount of Rs 4,300 crore fraud at the PMC Bank in Maharashtra.
ED arrests Yes Bank co-founder Rana Kapoor in fresh money laundering case
In the latest case, sources said, Rana Kapoor was placed under arrest in jail as per provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act.
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NEW DELHI: The Enforcement Directorate has arrested Yes Bank co-promoter Rana Kapoor in a fresh money laundering case linked to an alleged Rs 4,300 crore fraud at the PMC Bank in Maharashtra, official sources said on Wednesday.
Kapoor, 63, was already in judicial custody after he was arrested by the central probe agency in March last year in connection with alleged financial irregularities and purported kick backs paid to him and his family members in lieu of certain loans provided by the Yes Bank to a number of high-profile borrowers.
Yes Bank co-founder Rana Kapoor arrested in fresh money laundering case PTI
New Delhi/Mumbai: Yes Bank co-promoter Rana Kapoor was arrested Wednesday by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in a fresh money laundering case. The money laundering case is linked to alleged diversion of Rs 200 crore bank loan fund, official sources said. Rana Kapoor, 63, is lodged in a Mumbai jail since March last year. He was arrested by the ED agency in connection with alleged financial irregularities and purported kick backs paid to him and his family members in return for certain dubious loans provided by the Yes Bank to a number of high-profile borrowers.