Nirav Modi's Chief Financial Officer has been summoned by the CBI, which is investigating a Rs. 11,400 crore Punjab National bank (PNB) fraud case, reported ANI.
According to news agency report, CBI has called Nirav Modi's CFO Ravi Gupta for questioning in Mumbai.
On Sunday, The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) also conducted searches at Brassy House branch of Punjab National Bank (PNB) in connection with the billion-dollar fraud case.
As per the CBI sources, the investigative agency also questioned concerned officials of businessman Nirav Modi's company and five more officials of the PNB including the then General Manager of the bank in the said case.
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Earlier in the day, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) conducted raids at 45 locations across 15 cities in connection with the PNB fraud case involving businessman Nirav Modi.
In West Bengal, six locations of Gitanjali and Nakshatra jewellery outlets were being searched in Kolkata.
The PNB has lodged two financial fraud complaints of Rs. 11400 crore and Rs 280 crore against Nirav Modi, his family members and Mehul Choksi, owner of Gitanjali Gems.
The CBI filed a formal case charging four- Nirav Modi, his wife Ami, brother Nishal and Mehul Choksi- on January 31 over Rs. 280 crore fraud.
The ED on Saturday also conducted searches at 21 locations across India in connection with the PNB fraud case. The agency also seized diamonds, gold, precious stones and jewellery worth Rs 25 crore.
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The agency has filed the case under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) on the basis of an FIR registered by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI).
The PNB detected scam in which jeweller Nirav Modi acquired fraudulent letters of undertaking from one of its branches for overseas credit from other Indian lenders.
The scam was started in 2011 and was detected in the third week of January this year, after which the PNB officials filed a complaint with the CBI on January 31.
