CBI quizzes eight persons including four PNB officials in fraud case

Sambad English Bureau Published On : Jun 11, 2020 at 5:07 PM Updated On : Jun 11, 2020 at 5:11 PM

Bhubaneswar: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) today began questioning senior officials of PNB, Station Square Branch in Bhubaneswar and Global Trading Solution Private Ltd in connection with the Rs 31.92-crore fraud at the nationalized bank during 2010-15.

It was also alleged that the bank officials did not verify the genuineness of the business activities of Global Trading Solution. An alleged loss to the tune of Rs. 31.92 crore (approx.) was caused to Punjab National Bank.

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Based on a complaint filed by the Manager of PNB, Station Square Branch, Ganapat Lal with CBI, the officials of the bank and Global Trading Solution were quizzed at the CBI office here.

Sources said if CBI gets evidence about the involvement of the officials, strict action will be taken against them.

After obtaining a search warrant, the CBI had earlier conducted simultaneous raids in Odisha, Kolkata, Vishakapatnam, Baroda and Jammu. During searches incriminating documents and locker keys have been found.

Also, the CBI registered a case against the then General Manager Nagamani Satyanarayan Prakash, AGM CS Sharma, Chief Manager Manoranjan Das and a senior official Priyotosh Das in the fraud case.

The investigation agency also registered case against Global Trading Solutions Ltd, its MD Abinash Mohanty, former Director Kaushik Mohanty and Anshuman Samantray and Director Bidhu Bhushan Naik.