Central Vigilance Commissioner KV Chaudhary held a meeting with Finance Ministry and bank officials in connection with the Rs 11,400 crore scam involving Punjab National Bank on Monday. In this, the bank officials were shocked when they did not comply with the instructions of the CVC, in which officers were asked to transfer in three years.
After meeting with the CVC, officials of PNB and ministry did not have any conversation with the media though. According to sources, officials of PNB from CVC shared the details of the action taken so far to deal with the fraud. Apart from this, he also informed the bank management about the action taken against the suspects in the scandal allegedly related to the scam. In addition to Chaudhary, Vigilance Commissioner TM Bhasin and officials of the Finance Ministry also joined the meeting. Let us tell you that the CBI filed two FIRs (FIRs) on January 31 in this case. The investigating agency had registered another FIR a few days ago in the case against diamond trader Neerav Modi, Gitanjali James’s Mehul Choksi and others.
Sources reveal that when the CVC asked about the directions issued in December 2017, the bank officials did not give any clear answer. After this, he was asked to shift the officials of the Vigilance Commission, following the instructions of the Vigilance Commission. The CVC also spoke to the CBI officials in this regard. Let us remind you that the CBI works under the Vigilance Commission in matters related to corruption.
Significantly, businessman Nirv Modi, who is the main culprit of the PNB bank scam, has flew to abroad. Enforcement Directorate is investigating the PNB scam, while the Income Tax Department is screwing up the diamond businessman’s black money. The meeting started at 11.00 in the Vigilance Commission office on Monday and lasted for more than two hours.
