CBI took over the case from Siwan police which had registered a case on May 13
The accused officials 'thus caused wrongful gain of Rs 578 crore' to the private firm and its owners, CBI alleged
There will be no separate act to govern functioning of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) as of now, the government said on Thursday despite a Parliamentary panel's recommendation for "solid" statutory backing for the central probe agency.
Minister Jitendra Singh said that officers from different banks, who are already working in CBI also help in probing these cases
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Wednesday claimed to have busted a racket of Indian Overseas Bank officials and businessmen who allegedly managed to siphon off Rs 321 crore of public money to a Hong Kong-based company using fake guarantee issued by the bank.The agency carried out searches at 14 locations across Chandigarh, Ludhiana, Panchkula, Amritsar and Zirakpur (Punjab) of 11 people and companies against whom a case has been registered by it, CBI sources said.They alleged that the mastermind of the conspiracy is Ashu Mehra, an assistant manager with the bank, who helped a company get Letters of Comfort -a kind of guarantee - from the bank in favour of a Hong Kong-based company which managed to avail credit from Bank of Baroda (BoB), Bahama branch and Punjab National Bank (PNB), Dubai branch between 2014 and 16.CBI has named in its FIR two more people,the then Assistant Managers of the Chandigarh branch of the bank - Nitish Negi and Gaurav Bhatia, Proprietor of Chandiga
Alleged loss of around Rs 321 crore was caused to IOB and the foreign branches of PNB and BoB
CBI sources said Singh, who along with Manoranjana are already in judicial custody in connection with the agency's probe into the Saradha Ponzi scam case
Sinh is also facing CBI probe in Saradha ponzy scheme case
The matter was handed over to the CBI on the directions of Madras High Court
A total of 171 bank fraud cases involving funds of over Rs 20,000 crore were probed by the CBI during 2015
Shiv Narayan Das is known to be the mentor of Saradha Group chairman Sudipto Sen, who is presently languishing in jail
CBI said Rs 54 lakh were recovered during searches at six locations in connection with the case
Officials on poll duty had recovered the money from three trucks during the elections in May
A total of 1,200 domestic cases and 62 foreign investigations pending probe
CBI has reportedly seized approximately Rs 38.47 crores and registered 14 cases against 16 officials in the last 15 days
The probe agency claimed that the fraud could be several times bigger and could go up to Rs 20,000 crore
A total of 1,531 posts are vacant in CBI as against the sanctioned strength of 7,274, as per the agency's latest data
Anonymous letter alleges senior officers took money to manipulate probes; director takes cognisance of accusations, The Indian Express reports
He was procurement chief in IAF in 2005
As per the submission made by the agency, a total of 1,200 cases and '62 foreign investigations' are pending