515 Crore Fraud

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) today attached assets worth Rs 55.65 crore of a Kolkata-based computer manufacturing firm in connection with its money laundering probe in an alleged bank fraud of over Rs 515 crore, officials said.

At least one of the four people named in the FIR, Shivaji Panja, was known to be close to Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee when she was campaigning for the 2011 assembly elections in which she got a resounding victory. He, however, not been seen in her company in recent times.

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Monday sealed the Brady House Branch of the Punjab National Bank in Mumbai as multiple probe agencies continue their probe into the Rs 11,515 crore fraud, according to officials.

Alleging that despite centre's knowledge, banking scam kingpin Nirav Modi was successful in fleeing the country after duping PNB of Rs 11,515 crore, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Friday said Prime Minister Narendra Modi is answerable for the fraud.

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) today attached assets worth Rs 55.65 crore of a Kolkata-based computer manufacturing firm in connection with its money laundering probe in an alleged bank fraud of over Rs 515 crore, officials said.

At least one of the four people named in the FIR, Shivaji Panja, was known to be close to Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee when she was campaigning for the 2011 assembly elections in which she got a resounding victory. He, however, not been seen in her company in recent times.

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Monday sealed the Brady House Branch of the Punjab National Bank in Mumbai as multiple probe agencies continue their probe into the Rs 11,515 crore fraud, according to officials.

Alleging that despite centre's knowledge, banking scam kingpin Nirav Modi was successful in fleeing the country after duping PNB of Rs 11,515 crore, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Friday said Prime Minister Narendra Modi is answerable for the fraud.