Mumbai: A special CBI court issued a non-bailable warrant today against diamond merchant Mehul Choksi, one of the key accused in the multi-crore Punjab National Bank (PNB) loan fraud.
Special judge SR Tamboli allowed the plea moved by the CBI prosecutor A Limosine in this regard.
Mr Limosine told the court that the agency had sent three summons to Choksi on his email id, however, he has neither responded to them nor appeared before the agency.
"...to secure his presence and to pursue the same, an open non-bailable warrant is required against Choksi," Mr Limosine told the court.
These messages were allegedly not entered in the banking software of the PNB to bypass surveillance.
The CBI court had last week issued a non-bailable warrant against Nirav Modi.
The duo reportedly left the country in the first week of January this year, days before the alleged fraud came to light.
The agency has arrested 19 people so far in connection with the fraud. The Enforcement Directorate (ED) is also conducting an independent probe.
Special judge SR Tamboli allowed the plea moved by the CBI prosecutor A Limosine in this regard.
Mr Limosine told the court that the agency had sent three summons to Choksi on his email id, however, he has neither responded to them nor appeared before the agency.
"...to secure his presence and to pursue the same, an open non-bailable warrant is required against Choksi," Mr Limosine told the court.
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These messages were allegedly not entered in the banking software of the PNB to bypass surveillance.
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The CBI court had last week issued a non-bailable warrant against Nirav Modi.
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The duo reportedly left the country in the first week of January this year, days before the alleged fraud came to light.
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The agency has arrested 19 people so far in connection with the fraud. The Enforcement Directorate (ED) is also conducting an independent probe.
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