Pune. A special Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) court in Pune has sentenced two former Central Bank of India officials and a co-lender to three to two years’ imprisonment in a home loan fraud case. An official gave this information on Sunday. While pronouncing the sentence on Saturday, the special court sentenced Nand Kishore Khairnar, then Central Bank of India Manager, Pimpri branch, Pune, and Ravi Bhushan Prasad, then Assistant Manager of the bank, to three years of rigorous imprisonment and a fine of Rs 75,000, CBI said in a statement. Along with this, the court sentenced Priyanka Prashant Vispute, who along with her husband had applied for a home loan of Rs 18.75 lakh, to two years of rigorous imprisonment and a fine of Rs 25,000.
The Special Court held the three accused guilty of getting loans sanctioned and availing benefits using forged documents, causing a loss of Rs 24.54 lakh to the Pimpri branch of the Central Bank of India.
On February 17, 2016, the CBI arrested the then Assistant General Manager (AGM) of the Central Bank of India Rakesh Jaiswal and borrowers Dheeraj Ghanshamdas Chachalani, Karan Rohit Gulati, Rajesh Shishupal Pangal, Prashant Laxman Vispute/Priyanka Prashant Vispute, Pramod Gopalrao Patil/Gopal Daulatrao Patil, Srinath Sudhakar Chabukswar and Sudhakar Tukaram. Case registered against Chabakswar.
After investigation, six chargesheets were filed for various conspiracies.
In a particular case, the allegation was that Rakesh Jaiswal, Prashant Laxman Vispute (borrower), Priyanka Prashant Vispute (co-borrower), Nand Kishore Khairnar and Ravi Bhushan Prasad had entered into a criminal conspiracy among themselves in the matter of sanctioning housing loans on the basis of forged documents.
Two accused, assistant manager Rakesh Jaiswal and Prashant Laxman Vispute (loan borrower), died during the trial and the charges against them were dropped.
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