Three PNB fraud accused sent to 14-day police custody

A Special CBI court on Saturday remanded the three accused arrested in the over Rs 11,300 crore Punjab National Bank (PNB) fraud case to police custody till March 3.

These include retired PNB Deputy Manager Gokulnath Shetty, Single Window Operator Manoj Kharat and an authorised signatory of prime accused Nirav Modi's group companies.

These three were arrested by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), which has also named 10 other directors and officials as accused in the scam.

They are: Krishnan Sangameshwaran, Nazura Yashjaney, Gopal Das Bhatia, Aniyath Shivraman, Dhanesh Vrajlal Sheth, Jyoti Bharat Vora, Anil Umesh Haldipur, Chandrakant Kanu Karkare, Pankhuri Abhijeet Varange, and Mihir Bhaskar Joshi.

Diamond trader Nirav Modi and other accused, including trade partner and relative Mehul Choksi, left the country in early January, before the massive PNB fraud came to light.

--IANS

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