Kamal Nath Kin Held For Bank Fraud

On Sunday, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) had booked Puri, then executive director of Moser Baer, and four others in connection with the bank fraud case.

Besides Puri, those who were booked by the agency are — Deepak Puri, Nita Puri, Sanjay Jain and Vineet Sharma.

They have been booked for alleged criminal conspiracy, cheating, forgery and corruption on the complaint filed by Murali Chetturi, a deputy general manager of Central Bank of India.

Puri is also an accused in a money laundering case connected to the Rs 3,600-crore AgustaWestland VVIP chopper scam.

On Monday, Special CBI Judge Arvind Kumar had reserved the order for August 21 on Puri’s plea seeking cancellation of a non-bailable warrant (NBW) against him in the case.

On August 14, the Delhi High Court had granted Puri interim protection from arrest till August 20.(ANI)