The CBI has called former Union minister and Telugu Desam Party (TDP) leader YS Chowdary for questioning in a bank fraud case, officials said on Thursday.
He has been asked to appear on Friday at the agency's Bengaluru office, they said.
The CBI had registered a case against electrical equipment manufacturer Best and Crompton Engineering Projects Limited for allegedly cheating Andhra Bank to the tune of Rs 71 crore in 2017.
In its FIR against the Chennai-based company and its five directors, including Managing Director Kakulamarri Srinivas Kalyan Rao, the CBI has slapped charges under Indian Penal Code sections pertaining to criminal conspiracy, cheating and forgery among others.
(This story has not been edited by NDTV staff and is auto-generated from a syndicated feed.)
Madhya Pradesh's CBI Move: Agency Needs Written Consent To Probe Cases Patna Court Sends NEET-UG Paper Leak Key Accused To 14-Day CBI Custody Engineer Stole NEET Question Paper From Exam Body's Trunk, Arrested By CBI The 'Fake' CrowdStrike Worker Who Crippled Windows Users Worldwide Over 300 Indian Students Return As Quota Row Sparks Violence In Bangladesh Airports Clearing Backlog After Global IT Chaos, Centre Shares An Update Justin Trudeau Appoints Steven Mackinnon As New Labour Minister US Issues Warning On Microsoft Outage, Satya Nadella Says "Working" NEET-UG Centre-Wise Results Declared Ahead Of Supreme Court Deadline Track Latest News Live on NDTV.com and get news updates from India and around the world.