PNB executives had opened fraudulent letters of undertakings (LoUs) without authority on behalf of firms belonging to the Nirav Modi group
RBI seeks detailed report on what happened between 2011 and now; bankers to recall loans to Nirav Modi entities
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
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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
The case poses further questions about the health of India's other banks, that are already grappling with one of the worst ban-loan ratios among big economies
State-run Punjab National Bank (PNB) said it had detected some 'fraudulent and unauthorised' transactions worth about $1.77 billion at one of its branches in Mumbai
The stock slipped 7% to Rs 150 after the state-owned bank said that it had detected some fraudulent and unauthorised transactions worth about Rs 1.13 trillion ($1771.69 million approx).
The bank did not name the people involved but said it had reported the deals to law enforcement agencies
The cases relate to four branches of the bank in Bhopal and Ujjain in Madhya Pradesh
Banks said his firm fraudulently issued eight LOUs totalling $44.2 million for Hong Kong-based Allahabad Bank and Axis Bank