Two top officials of Punjab National Bank (PNB) were on Saturday questioned by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in the ₹11,300-crore Nirav Modi scam case.
PNB’s Managing Director & CEO Sunil Mehta and the bank’s Executive Director in charge of international banking Brahmaji Rao were called for questioning in Mumbai on Saturday, sources close to the development said.
They were not treated as “suspects” but CBI was looking to get clarifications on certain aspects in the ongoing probe, they said. Their questioning went for the whole day.
It may be recalled that the Income Tax Department had recently visited the PNB Head Office in the Capital to quiz the top brass, including chief executive Sunil Mehta, in the ₹11,300-crore scam, perpetrated by diamantaire Nirav Modi, along with his maternal uncle Mehul Choksi.
Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Saturday tweeted that it has attached 21 immovable properties worth ₹523.72 crore under Prevention of Money Laundering Act of Nirav Modi and companies controlled by him.