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PNB scam: CBI tightens noose, arrests Vipul Ambani and 4 others

PNB scam: CBI tightens noose, arrests Vipul Ambani and 4 others

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Three officers at PNB's MCB Brady House branch, who were arrested yesterday, were sent to police custody today

In its ongoing investigation into the PNB 1.77 billion dollar fraud, the CBI today made a host of arrests of officials from the Gitanjali Group and Firestar International Group.

Vipul Ambani, President of Finance, Firestar International group; Arjun Patil, Senior Executive, Firestar group; Kapil Khandelwal, CFO, Nakshatra group and Gitanjali group; Niten Shahi, Manager, Gitanjali group and Kavita Mankikar, Authorised Signatory of three accused firms were the ones who were arrested today.

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Besides this, three officers at PNB's MCB Brady House branch, who were arrested yesterday, were sent to police custody today until March 3.

As many as ten PNB officials, including present Executive Director level officers, were quizzed by the CBI earlier today. Eight executives from Nirav Modi's company and ten from the Gitanjali Group were also questioned.

The Income Tax Department also searched at least twenty premises of the Gitanjali Group related to 13 companies. Searches were carried out in Mumbai, Pune, Surat, Hyderabad and Banglore. A CBI search is underway at Nirav Modi's Alibagh farm.