The designer is entangled in controversy after 10 Punjab National Bank officials were suspended over financial fraud to the tune of $ 1.77 billion
Mehul Choksi of Gitanjali Group, the two prime accused in the fraud, had fled the country
An LOU has no legal standing and is not governed by the Union Customs Code
The finance ministry has issued an advisory to all banks to review their large customer exposures, according to media reports
The committee is headed by senior Congress leader Veerappa Moily, and former prime minister Manmohan Singh is also a member
The search operation came after the agency filed a Rs 2.8-billion money laundering case against Modi; his wife, Ami; brother Nishal; and Choksi on Wednesday, following a complaint by PNB
The PNB chief also said Modi had come out with 'vague offers' to repay the amounts due and had not submitted a concrete plan
Financial Services Secretary Rajiv Kumar told media persons PNB had 'sufficient funds' to provision for the losses arising out of the fraud
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PNB executives had opened fraudulent letters of undertakings (LoUs) without authority on behalf of firms belonging to the Nirav Modi group
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Bankers say it is the nature of the business of public sector banks that makes them susceptible to fraud
Senior BJP leader and Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad rebutted the Congress's allegations on the issue
The government recently extended a $14 billion bailout to ailing state banks as part of a broader $32 billion rescue plan
PNB hit a fresh 52-week low of Rs 123 on BSE in intra-day trade, falling 23% in past three trading sessions from Rs 162 on Monday.
With several questions still unanswered, here's what we know about the PNB fraud case
The scam could turn out to be the biggest scam in Indian corporate history
The bank has detected some fraudulent transactions in one of its branches in Mumbai for the benefit of a few select account holders with their apparent connivance, PNB said
Earlier in the day, the state-owned lender said that they had cracked a case of swindling, which was contingent in nature
Punjab National Bank (PNB) disclosed that it has detected some fraudulent transactions with financial implication of USD 1.171 billion and the matter has been referred to law enforcement agencies