Chanda Kocchar is accused in the Central Bureau Investigation (CBI) first information report (FIR) of illegally gaining through her husband, Deepak Kocchar from Videocon International Electronics Ltd (VIEL) Manager Director (MD) Venugopal Dhoot, for sanctioning a term loan of Rs 300 crore to VIEL.
CBI had decided to close the initial enquiry against former ICICI Bank CEO Chanda Kochhar and her husband Deepak Kochhar for want of evidence just weeks before it filed a case against the duo and Videocon group managing director Venugopal Dhoot last week for cheating and conspiracy.
Economic Times (ET) reported that the deputy inspector general Jasbir Singh and superintendent of police Sudhanshu Mishra, who were part of the probe team, had upheld the investigating and are now under the lens for ‘leaking info’.
A CBI official said, “The ICICI Bank fraud is one of the most important cases in CBI. A review was done during which we found that there was no progress in the investigation and it was unnecessarily kept pending.”
The officer included, “Also, after the FIR was registered on January 22, it was suspected that there was a possibility of information about the planned searches being leaked. A discreet inquiry was conducted and role of SP Sudhanshu Dhar Mishra was strongly suspected due to which he was transferred to Ranchi economic offences branch pending the inquiry.”
Source: ET & TNN
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