Crb, State Bank Officials Grilled, More Assets Seized
The crime branch of the Mumbai Police yesterday unearthed some more bank accounts and impounded seven vehicles belonging to the CRB group here yesterday.
In the past few days, two senior officials of the CRB group and a few State Bank of India (SBI) officers were interrogated in connection with the Rs 1,000-crore CRB scandal. The police yesterday also questioned former and present staff of the CRB group.
Although it declined to disclose the identity of the interrogated, police said all the seven accused named in the first information report (FIR) are still absconding.
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We have got a few clues on the whereabouts of C R Bhansali, the main accused. Interrogation of these people has given us a few more lead, which we will be following up in the days to come, a senior official in the crime branch said.
Police have already started processing the papers to seek Interpols help in extraditing group promoter C R Bhansali, who is reportedly taking refuge in Hong Kong.
Bhansali is believed to have fled the country on May 13 from New Delhi. Police sources, however, declined to say when the papers will be sent to Interpol.
The external affairs ministry has cancelled Bhansalis passport.
Even as the investigation continues, the investors who have suffered in the CRB scandal are seeking remedial action.
Sources said that as many as 525 investors have registered complaints against the CRB group for cheating and misappropriation of funds of Rs 1.15 crore.
The Economic Offences Wing (EOW) of the Mumbai Police has sought further information on the now-defunct non-banking finance company from the National Stock Exchange (NSE).
It has already collated data from the Bombay Stock Exchange on key CRB group companies, their listing details, shareholders and bankers.
The Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) had sent a detailed list of share holding pattern of all the CRB group companies to the economic offences wing on May 29.