Money laundering case: ED files charge sheet against Kochhar, Dhoot

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The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has filed a money-laundering case charge sheet against Chanda Kochhar, former CEO, and MD of ICICI Bank, her husband Deepak Kochhar, and Videocon Group promoter Venugopal Dhoot. A case was registered against them under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act.

According to officials, a charge sheet was filed against them on Tuesday. Now the court has to take cognizance of this. The ED arrested Deepak Kochhar in September this year.

The ED had registered a case against the trio on the basis of money laundering provisions based on the CBI's FIR. Kochhar is accused of wrongly giving a loan of Rs 1,875 crore to Dhoot's company.