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The CBI has filed a charge sheet against CG Power and Industrial Solutions and its former promoter Gautam Thapar in an alleged Rs 2435-crore bank fraud case that affected 12 banks, officials said. This comes after the agency conducted a probe for nearly 19 months into the allegations of diversion of bank funds, and manipulation of account books among other charges against the company, Thapar and other senior executives, they said. Thapar is already facing multiple probes into his alleged links with Yes Bank co-founder Rana Kapoor who was booked by the CBI under corruption and fraud charges. In its charge sheet filed before a special court, the CBI has alleged that huge amounts of bank loans were diverted by the accused to related parties for which adjustment entries were made in the account books, they said. The investigations showed that the accused availed loans against securities without disclosing credit facilities availed from other banks, they said. The accused borrowed fun
CG Power and Industrial Solutions on Wednesday reported 11 per cent decline in consolidated net profit at Rs 178.97 crore for September quarter 2022-23. The company logged a profit of Rs 201.78 crore in the quarter ended September 30, 2021, a BSE filing stated. However, its total income rose to Rs 1,707 crore in the quarter from Rs 1,468.56 crore in the same period a year ago. The board in its meeting also approved a proposal to expand the manufacturing capacity of motors at its Ahmednagar and Goa plants with a capital outlay of Rs 230 crore. The proposed expansion would increase the capacity to 19.92 lakh low tension motors per annum, from the existing capacity of 9.93 lakh per annum. The current capacity utilisation is around 80 per cent. The expansion project will be implemented in 2 phases over a period of 4 years and will be funded through internal accruals. The expansion is proposed considering the expected increase in future demand for AC motors. The board also approved on